We will be free! This revolt was against an
unpopular leader in 1908 . Haitians have
had to contend with all too many dictators
and exploitative governments.Mary Evans Picture Library

Occupied Again

The first independent country of the Americas-but Eduardo Galeano asks will Haiti ever be free?

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A stolen childhood: for those recruited into the
FARC’s rebel army, returning to civilian life is
a new challenge. This photo of a young girl
holding a weapon was found on the body
of a rebel killed in combat in 2008.Reuters/National Police/ Handout

From child soldier to civilian - a tough transition in Colombia

Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman reports.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
Tents beyond tents

Tents beyond tents

A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
Guns and Bread: how mercenaries moved into aid  The US Army under a CC Licence

Guns and Bread: how mercenaries moved into aid

Michael Lewis explores what happens when private security companies muscle in to 'deliver aid'.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
A street vendor in Port-au-
Prince. 
Most Haitians
are still waiting for
reconstruction 
to begin.Julio Etchart/Panos

Haiti: where did all the money go?

More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the cash? Nick Harvey investigates.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief

Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief

Haiti is not just recovering from the
earthquake but from the political and
economic interventions of recent decades, as
Phillip Wearne explains.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012

Arms trade infographic

The 'war on terror' saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures...

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
Demonstrators get straight to the point in September this year, when protesting against the Defence & Security Equipment International arms fair that drew 1,300 arms companies to London this year to hawk their wares to buying delegations from around the world. sinister pictures/Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images

The clout of the arms industry

The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-productive?

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
Bringing urban gardeners together in Washington DC.Photo by tedeytan under a CC Licence

Gardening in the margins

Derelict inner-city sites are being transformed by green-fingered volunteers, writes Anna Weston.

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
The shadow world: corruption in the arms trade Illustration by Andrew Chiu

The shadow world: corruption in the arms trade

Andrew Feinstein examines the corrupt networks of arms deals.

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
No more tears? Drug patents deny poor children access to life-saving HIV treatment.Eric Miller/Panos

Johnson & Johnson shuns poor people with HIV

On World AIDS Day, a stark reminder of how Big Pharma drug patents deny HIV treatment to the developing world.

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
The food rush

The food rush

Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.

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NI 447 - Banking on Hunger - November, 2011
30 September 2011 - Day 14 of the Occupy Wall Street protests.David Shankbone under a CC Licence

Let’s end corruption – starting with Wall Street

As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, Mark Engler agrees that the bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.

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NI 447 - Banking on Hunger - November, 2011
Agriculture is high on the list for change in Egypt.Mark Henley / Panos

Egypt's freedom harvest

Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.

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NI 447 - Banking on Hunger - November, 2011
Kibera's vertical farms

Kibera's vertical farms

Slum dwellers are using urban agriculture as a buffer to market shocks, report Danielle Nierenberg and Jessie Chang.

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NI 447 - Banking on Hunger - November, 2011
Signs of hope: President Ollanta Humala has made musician Susana Baca his minister of culture. She is the first Afro-Cuban to have held government office and will have a key role in indigenous issues.Vanessa Baird

Peruvians rise up against the mines

The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
Dying for a soup Aaron Gekoski

Dying for a soup

An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
We will remove Bashar Murad Sezer / Reuters

We will remove Bashar

Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
Avatar for real Ingetje Tadros

Avatar for real

From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011

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Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
The arms trade December, 2011
The arms trade December, 2011
The arms trade December, 2011
The arms trade December, 2011
The arms trade December, 2011
Banking on Hunger November, 2011
Banking on Hunger November, 2011
Banking on Hunger November, 2011
Banking on Hunger November, 2011
Banking on Hunger November, 2011
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Nature's defenders October, 2011
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