Columns / Currents
Articles about Currents, ordered by date. 
Taken for a bride
Saudi judge upholds the arranged marriage between an eight-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.
Lock out the poor
In Rio, a wall is being built to separate the slums from the city
Running scared
No reprieve for gay community living with 30 years of sharia law
Upping the ante
Protesters raise the stakes as strikes sweep the French Caribbean
Badge of dishonour
Scouts log tens of thousands of acres of forestland
Slaves to chocolate
Major chocolate companies still using child labour
Murdered for music
11 members ambushed and shot at by an armed group, on their way home from a wedding performance.
Sharing the sunshine
Portuguese project spreads solar power across Europe
'Not in our name!'
Jewish voices raised against Israel’s Gaza onslaught
Diamonds are for never
Swiss mining company grabs Sierra Leone gems
Healthcare crippled
Millions of African lives lost from shortfall in doctors.
Remember, remember the fourth of November
New law gives animal rights campaigners reason to celebrate.
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