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With the country heading towards a general election, the clampdown on press freedom is an attack on democracy itself. Busani Bafana reports from Bulawayo.

Kenyan social justice activist Anami Daudi Toure speaks to Amy Hall about how he and his neighbours in Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga settlement are picking up the pieces after violent mass evictions.

What connects the retirement savings of US teachers with inflating land and food prices in Brazil? Maria Luisa Mendonça and Daniela Stefan explain.

A target to turn 30 per cent of the world’s land into protected areas for nature by 2030 is set to be agreed by world leaders in December. But not everyone is happy about it, as Amy Hall reports.

For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.

For decades, Indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts have lived under the violence of military rule. Hana Shams Ahmed reports on how the Bangladesh government’s push for tourism in the region is further threatening their right to land.

Whose farm?, land deals, trashing the place, city folk.

Initiatives, action, and further reading on land rights.

We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.

Nigerian cousins who share a love of hi-tech science fiction movies. Words by Subi Shah.

All of Us in Flames; Afar Ways.

Her Way (Une femme du monde); Silent Land.

Solito: A Memoir; A Short History of Tomb-Raiding; Abolish the Family; All Walls Collapse.

We liberated sex education? Husna Ara plots the path to shame-free learning.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: is the language of abuse being misused in personal relationships?