Even a designer, keenly promoting graphite as an alternative to lithium, is unaware of the provenance of most of his favoured ...

As global demand soars, President Gabriel Boric hopes to increase Chile's lithium wealth. Vanessa Baird reports on how the fate of the country's culturally and environmentally rich salt flats is in ...

Potentially rich in oil, diamonds and coffee, Angola remains poor.

New hope for international action on global warming has come from Bolivia, where President Evo Morales is convening a People’s World Conference on Climate Change. *Vanessa Baird* reports on a ...

Twenty years after the execution of their leader, the Ogoni people are rebelling once more. Patrick Naagbanton reports from the frontline.

A major US military build-up – including nuclear weapons – is under way in Asia and the Pacific with the purpose of confronting China. John Pilger raises the alarm on an under-reported and dangerous ...

Seldom do political leaders resign after their ‘struggle’ has been achieved. David Hutt explores whether this should be the case in Burma.

As the French-led military operation begins, Jeremy Keenan reveals how the US and Algeria have been sponsoring terror in the Sahara.

The MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra – Brazil’s landless people’s movement) – has been described as the world’s most dynamic social movement. *Gibby Zobel* joins in its 25th ...

The UN says it is at risk of descending into complete chaos. Ruby Diamonde provides an overview of a country in crisis.