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From occupied Palestine to Scottish high schools, people across the world are challenging the warmongers. We profile eight extraordinary women and men on the peace frontline. Words: Hazel Healy and Louisa Waugh. Illustrations: Olivier Kugler.

The pressures on our world are serious, and expected to grow. If we take the following approaches, peace will be more likely. It’s time to ditch the military habit...

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

Bush Lady by Alanis Obomsawin; Under Frustration, Vol 1 by Arabstazy.

The Water Thief by Claire Hajaj; The Old Slave and the Mastiff by Patrick Chamoiseau; The Neighborhood by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Highlights from Hot Docs, the major documentary film festival held annually in Toronto, Canada.

Mali’s blind musical duo speak to Graeme Green about the ‘refugee crisis’ and why extremist efforts to stop the music will ultimately fail.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

The untiring campaigner and guardian of the deep, Claire Nouvian, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen about the transformative experience that led to her choosing her path – on to eventual victory.

We put the track record of Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea – and a liberation fighter turned ruthless dictator – under the spotlight.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

Wame Molefhe profiles Botswana, where prosperity has morphed into corruption and inequality. But will the country’s future see it regain the sparkle its diamonds offer to the rich?

Oğuz Demir from Turkey with ‘Repression/Resistance’.

The lines painted on his skin lead to the heartlands of identity, discovers Dan Baron Cohen.