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Seriously?

Pride and plunder, by Vanessa Baird.

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‘Orphanhood’ by José Alberto Rodríguez Avila (Cuba).

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A city of archivists

As Addis changes rapidly beneath her feet, Maya Misikir discovers a community of artists working to document its disappearing history.

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Letters

Praise, blame and all points in between? Give us your feedback.

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World Food Programme staples including vegetable oil donated by USAID are stacked at a distribution point in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been hit hard by fighting between government soldiers and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Photo: Eddie Gerald/Alamy

Can Africa’s governments step up?

Could the sudden cancellation of US aid give the continent the push it needs to develop home-grown systems to address its challenges? By Obiora Ikoku.

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View from Brazil

View from Brazil

Lula’s two-faced climate policy, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

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View from Africa

View from Africa

We must build on Kenya’s intersex win, by Rosebell Kagumire.

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View from India

View from India

When did we stop fighting for press freedom? By Nilanjana Bhowmick.

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 Illustration: Emma Peer

Reasons to be Cheerful

Bank Backs Down; Cruelty Curbed; Justice In The Aegean; Paula Lacey.

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Uncertain Future

Uncertain Future

After years of deadly conflict, Manipur’s fragile calm masks deep divisions—resignation and repression offer no clear path to peace without real reconciliation, writes Manu Moudgil.

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Protesters gather outside Barcelona's Casa Orsola building on 23 November 2024 to demand better protections for tenants in the city. Photo: Richard Matoušek

Not Going Anywhere

Tenants score a rare win in Barcelona’s housing crisis as public buyout halts evictions—but at a steep price that still rewards the speculators, by Richard Matoušek.

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Introducing... Abdul-Malik al-Houthi

Abdul-Malik’s recent efforts to interfere with Israel’s war machine that has got the world suddenly talking about the Houthis, writes Richard Swift.

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Protesters rally against Donald Trump’s USAID freeze outside the US Capitol on 5 February 2025. Photo: Gent Shkullaku/Zuma Press Wire

Abandoned

As US aid vanishes overnight, Ecuador’s migrant communities are left stranded—caught between political posturing abroad and collapsing support at home, by Cameron Baillie.

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An aerial view of recently dug graves in Manaus, Brazil’s largest Amazon city, where more than 2,500 people died from Covid during the first wave alone. The city’s chronically underfunded healthcare system swiftly collapsed followed by the funerary system, forcing families to bury loved ones in mass graves. Photo: Reuters/Bruno Kelly

Post-Covid?

Five years on, the world pays the price for forgetting Covid-19’s legacy of inequality, denial, and a global health system still unprepared for what’s next, by Nick Dowson.

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Digital dictatorship

Digital dictatorship

Myanmar’s military cements its rule online with sweeping VPN bans and surveillance powers, silencing dissent and tightening control, by Laura O'Connor.

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Seriously?

Pride and plunder, by Vanessa Baird.

Vanessa Baird May, 2025 555 Preview
Open Window

‘Orphanhood’ by José Alberto Rodríguez Avila (Cuba).

José Alberto Rodríguez Avila May, 2025 555 Preview
A city of archivists

As Addis changes rapidly beneath her feet, Maya Misikir discovers a community of artists working to document its disappearing history.

Maya Misikir May, 2025 555 Preview
Letters

Praise, blame and all points in between? Give us your feedback.

May, 2025 555 Read
Can Africa’s governments step up?

Could the sudden cancellation of US aid give the continent the push it needs to develop home-grown systems to address its challenges? By Obiora Ikoku.

Obiora Ikoku May, 2025 555 Preview
View from Brazil

Lula’s two-faced climate policy, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

Leonardo Sakamoto May, 2025 555 Preview
View from Africa

We must build on Kenya’s intersex win, by Rosebell Kagumire.

Rosebell Kagumire May, 2025 555 Preview
View from India

When did we stop fighting for press freedom? By Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Nilanjana Bhowmick May, 2025 555 Preview
Reasons to be Cheerful

Bank Backs Down; Cruelty Curbed; Justice In The Aegean; Paula Lacey.

Paula Lacey May, 2025 555 Preview
Uncertain Future

After years of deadly conflict, Manipur’s fragile calm masks deep divisions—resignation and repression offer no clear path to peace without real reconciliation, writes Manu Moudgil.

Manu Moudgil May, 2025 555 Preview
Not Going Anywhere

Tenants score a rare win in Barcelona’s housing crisis as public buyout halts evictions—but at a steep price that still rewards the speculators, by Richard Matoušek.

Richard Matoušek May, 2025 555 Preview
Introducing... Abdul-Malik al-Houthi

Abdul-Malik’s recent efforts to interfere with Israel’s war machine that has got the world suddenly talking about the Houthis, writes Richard Swift.

Richard Swift May, 2025 555 Preview
Abandoned

As US aid vanishes overnight, Ecuador’s migrant communities are left stranded—caught between political posturing abroad and collapsing support at home, by Cameron Baillie.

Cameron Baillie May, 2025 555 Preview
Post-Covid?

Five years on, the world pays the price for forgetting Covid-19’s legacy of inequality, denial, and a global health system still unprepared for what’s next, by Nick Dowson.

Nick Dowson May, 2025 555 Preview
Digital dictatorship

Myanmar’s military cements its rule online with sweeping VPN bans and surveillance powers, silencing dissent and tightening control, by Laura O'Connor.

Laura O'Connor May, 2025 555 Preview