Columns / Currents

Canine hero; Biblio mission; No to raids.

Victoire Ingabire has spent years challenging Paul Kagame’s rule. Now, facing life imprisonment, her case is raising fresh questions about Rwanda’s use of the justice system to silence dissent. Hannah Uguru reports.

From Genoa to Marseille, dockworkers are disrupting the arms trade with Israel – and facing sackings, bans and state repression for doing so. Dalia Ismail reports.

India’s ‘Cockroaches’ began as a parody. Now they are a mass youth movement taking on unemployment, repression – and Narendra Modi’s seemingly unshakeable rule. Richard Swift reports.

From forested minefields to bombed neighbourhoods, Lebanon’s communities are finding new ways to navigate the deadly remnants of war. Gergana Krasteva reports.

After generations of colonial fire suppression, Tasmania is returning fire authority to Palawa communities – and rediscovering an ancient tool for surviving a hotter, more combustible world. Natasha Chassagne reports.

Argentinians have forced Javier Milei into a rare retreat over land rights – proof that even a hardline government can be pushed back by organized resistance. Josefina Salomón reports.

Kenya’s AI workers have forced labour abuses into the open. Now proposed protections risk legitimizing the same low-paid outsourcing model that left them exposed. Snephin Roy reports.

Britain’s gas dependence isn’t just bad for the climate – it’s leaving the country vulnerable to price shocks, inequality and attack. Nick Dowson reports.

The daughter of a murdered Mexican journalist has spent nine years fighting a state that failed to investigate his killing. Her victory exposes the deeper cost of Mexico’s culture of impunity. Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul reports.

What began as a fight against a Trump-linked luxury resort on Albania’s protected coast has become a mass movement against corruption, oligarchs and the sell-off of the country’s future. Steven Edwards reports.

As displacement redraws Beirut’s faultlines, sectarian mistrust is deepening – but new solidarities are taking root. By Paul Hefel-James.

The world's youngest prime minister of Nepal.

Conservation breakthrough; Wee growth; Overdue.

Aid cuts are leaving eastern Congo dangerously exposed as a new Ebola outbreak spreads amid conflict and collapsing health defences. By Amy Hall.

South Africa’s post-apartheid promise is fading as Black migrants become scapegoats for the country’s deepening inequality. By Obiora Ikoku.

Inuit communities across the Arctic are resisting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, warning against a new era of colonial control. By Richard Swift.

As US sanctions deepen Cuba’s energy crisis, international activists are attempting to deliver aid and challenge the decades-long blockade. By Maxine Betteridge-Moes.

Liberating love; Good riddance; Second wind.

As Ethiopia seeks debt relief amid economic crisis, private lenders are pursuing legal action for bigger profits. By Tim Jones.