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Love can be tough amid the boredom and despair of a city slum, writes Maria Golia.

Feature films can tell us much about the cultural background to recent events in North Africa and the Middle East. Malcolm Lewis has been watching some of them.

Around 2.3 million US citizens are behind bars - a number that dwarfs any other country, reports Mark Engler.

The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.

Is it the US government? Is it Al Shabab? Is it the UN? Sally Healy argues it is the result of a collective failure.

An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.

Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.

A profile of Africa's smallest and most densely populated country.

From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.

Director Céline Sciamma doesn't shy away from harsh realities, yet Tomboy is still a trusting gem of a film.

The Faithless guitarist tells Giedre Steikunaite why all music is political.

Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India's anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy.

Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan is experiencing a strange new disintegration of its own. Angela Robson reports.

Guatemalans go to the polls on 11 September - but despite an embarrassment of candidates, many fear it's a case of simply hoping that the least bad option wins.