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Political gatherings will be met with heavy-handed security from state-owned paramilitary groups; and the independence of civil society and media will be greatly restricted. Claire Elder reports on the status of Somaliland.

Amy Booth goes to the back of beyond in Bolivia and hears of a surprising migration.

This month's cartoon by Vasco Gargalo from Portugal.

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the October 2017 magazine.

Modern technological advances are making it look like millions of us will be left twiddling our thumbs, writes Steve Parry

Taking down monuments to people who fought to defend slavery should not be controversial at all. Yet in the US today, it is, writes Mark Engler

Army of Robins; Fossil fail; Mothers halt HIV

The state of Oregon has expanded access to abortion, birth control and post-natal medical care for women, writes Amy Hall

In the first case of its kind, a small Nigerian community is taking on oil giant Eni in the Italian courts. By Francesca Gater

The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word statement penned by Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community. Lydia Noon reports

After five years of resistance, Indonesia began the construction of an international airport set to destroy the sand-dune ecosystem and houses of residents already forced out of the area, writes Pramilla Deva

Macron won more than twice the number of votes than he was expected to win, writes Richard Swift

An artist from Damascus has painted a range of world leaders – all depicted as displaced or disenfranchised people in a moment of despair. Amy Hall reports

Australia dropped secrecy rules which were unnecessary, undermined democratic accountability and were likely to have been unconstitutional, writes Kelsi Farrington

For environmental defenders – from activists to indigenous leaders – 2016 was the deadliest year on record, writes Kelsi Farrington