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Where does it come from? Who buys it? What do they do with it? What do they do with it? And the impacts of it.

Facts, figures and photos from Mauritania.

Traumatized by the ravages of a violent militia, a town is still holding its breath. Ruby Diamonde visits.

Cartoon by Simon Kneebone.

Writer and activist Adam Ramsay and professor and author Jim Gallagher go head to head.

Richard Swift argues that our appetite for the shiny metal is both pointless and dangerous.

A few more reviews that didn't quite make the 'best of' list.

A Cut-like Wound by Anita Nair; Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones; The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al-Nakib; and The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon.

Queen Between by Susheela Raman; Tzenni by Noura Mint Seymali.

A pick of top films by women directors.

The bass player, composer and songwriter with Malian ‘desert blues’ band Tinariwen talks about his first guitar, instability in Mali and his hopes for an autonomous Tuareg territory.

Cartoon by Marc Roberts.

Cartoon by P J Polyp.

By Kate Smurthwaite.

Andrew Smith speaks to Nicholas Gilby, author, campaigner and winner of a landmark case against the British government.