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View from Africa

View from Africa

Migration: Europe’s Achilles’ heel. By Nanjala Nyabola.

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 Illustration: Emma Peer

Reasons to be cheerful

Met Sacks Sackler; Solidarity Bites; Case Dismissed.

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Paved paradise

Paved paradise

Peter Yeung reports on Black Johnson beach.

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Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage was beaten to death and set ablaze in Pakistan. Here his mother is pictured by his coffin at their family residence in Ganemulla, Sri Lanka. Photo: Saman Abesiriwardana/Pacific Press/Alamy

‘WhatsApp blasphemy’

Husna Ara reports on ‘vigilante killings’ in Pakistan.

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Chile’s new president Gabriel Boric of the Approve Dignity party faces a number of challenges after defeating far-right candidate José Antonio Kast. Photo: Felipe Fegueroa/SOPA/SIPA

Uphill battle

Gabriel Boric Font's mandate is to tackle Chile’s social and economic inequality, reports Carole Concha Bell.

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Open wounds

Open wounds

Zimbabwean activists demand the repatriation of human remains, reports Stefan Simanowitz.

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All bets off

All bets off

Report on Nagaworld Casino in Cambodia by Zoe Holman.

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The struggle over Cairo House – a former cotton mill – was complicated by Oldham’s high unemployment and post-industrial decline. Photo: Palestine Action

Shut it down

Israel’s largest private arms firm closes its factory in Oldham, England.

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The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and philosopher Neil Vallely digs into the roots of apathy and polarization.

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Swapsies: Nigerian artist Lukas Osarobo-Okoro, photographed outside the British Museum in London. Osarobo-Okoro and the Ahiamwen Guild of Benin have offered to donate new artworks to the institution. Photo: Dylan Martinez/Alamy

Stolen treasures

Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a century. Kieron Monks reports on Nigeria’s battle to get them back and what it means for the wider push to return works robbed from Africa.

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 Illustration: Andy K

A child’s right to be forgotten

Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph – taken without its subject’s consent – removed from the internet.

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Sanarya practices searching for explosive ordnance as part of her training as a deminer in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Photo: MAG

Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

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Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative dispatches two-person harm reduction teams, instead of the cops. Photo: Dustin Chambers

So, what’s the alternative?

Community organizations are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Here are some examples from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the US.

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Shut out – Too many children are young people are being discarded by England’s education system. Photo: Ievgen Chabanov/Alamy

Abandoned by the system

England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But abolitionists are reimagining what’s possible.

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View from Africa

Migration: Europe’s Achilles’ heel. By Nanjala Nyabola.

Nanjala Nyabola March, 2022 536 Preview
Reasons to be cheerful

Met Sacks Sackler; Solidarity Bites; Case Dismissed.

Conrad Landin March, 2022 536 Preview
Paved paradise

Peter Yeung reports on Black Johnson beach.

Peter Yeung March, 2022 536 Preview
‘WhatsApp blasphemy’

Husna Ara reports on ‘vigilante killings’ in Pakistan.

Husna Ara March, 2022 536 Preview
Uphill battle

Gabriel Boric Font's mandate is to tackle Chile’s social and economic inequality, reports Carole Concha Bell.

Carole Concha Bell March, 2022 536 Preview
Open wounds

Zimbabwean activists demand the repatriation of human remains, reports Stefan Simanowitz.

Stefan Simanowitz March, 2022 536 Preview
All bets off

Report on Nagaworld Casino in Cambodia by Zoe Holman.

Zoe Holman March, 2022 536 Preview
Introducing... Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento

The first woman president in Honduras.

Richard Swift March, 2022 536 Preview
Shut it down

Israel’s largest private arms firm closes its factory in Oldham, England.

Bethany Rielly March, 2022 536 Preview
The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and philosopher Neil Vallely digs into the roots of apathy and polarization.

Neil Vallely March, 2022 536 Preview
Stolen treasures

Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a century. Kieron Monks reports on Nigeria’s battle to get them back and what it means for the wider push to return works robbed from Africa.

Kieron Monks March, 2022 536 Preview
A child’s right to be forgotten

Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph – taken without its subject’s consent – removed from the internet.

Roxana Olivera March, 2022 536 Preview
Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

Adrian Margaret Brune March, 2022 536 Preview
So, what’s the alternative?

Community organizations are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Here are some examples from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the US.

Amy Hall March, 2022 536 Preview
Abandoned by the system

England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But abolitionists are reimagining what’s possible.

Zahra Bei March, 2022 536 Preview