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Facts, figures and the history of Ghana.

The first ever Arabic detective novel to be translated into English

Sander L Gilman delves into culture to demonstrate that our belief that fat can be identified with a number of character flaws

11 members ambushed and shot at by an armed group, on their way home from a wedding performance.

Jeremy Seabrook on how bogus environmentalism is threatening some of India’s best friends of the environment.

Although Gandhi is a household name all over the world, Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution and the first person to fight effectively for the rights of dalits (aka ‘untouchables’)

A rare glimpse into the world’s most secretive country, by French aid worker Jérôme Bossuet who spent three years there.

Campaigns, contacts and resources.

It’s time to ask some very basic questions, like: What are banks for? What are houses for? What’s credit for? What’s the economy for? Or, for that matter, what’s the environment for? Vanessa Baird suggests a 10-point economic detox programme.

How free-market fundamentalism brought the world to its knees

Recession heads South – and meets resistance.

As the empire of international finance collapses, David Ransom finds the chance to reset the compass towards democracy, equality and the survival of our planet.

Interview with Brazilian squatter activist

True tales of a mixed-up world