Protesters sit in a tent near the entrance of the phosphate mine in Umm al-arais, Tunisia, on 15 February 2018.Photo: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters

‘Leave us alone’

Natasha Ion reports on how Gabès residents are taking on Tunisia’s phosphate industry, despite the odds stacked against them.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
A student looks out from the remains of a classroom destroyed by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria.Photo: pius utomi expei / AFTP / GETTY IMAGES

Out of the ruins

Can peacebuilders end the war with Boko Haram in Nigeria? Hazel Healy travels there to find out.

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Survivor: Nagasaki bomb victim Sumiteru Taniguchi looks at a photo of himself taken in 1945. His horrific burns have required 17 operations.

Nuclear weapons: a history

From the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima, to the Cold War, North Korea and beyond, nuclear fission has changed everything.

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