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 ...

In the face of the global far right’s dominance, Eastern Europe’s left movements offer lessons in resistance, writes Áron Rossman-Kiss. ‘We’ve done it once – we can do it again,’ said Dominika Lasota ...

Ecuadorian journalist Fernando Villavicencio speaks to David Hill about why he has sought refuge among indigenous group Sarayaku.

To wipe out mass starvation we must engage with the politics that drive it, argues Alex de Waal.

After 20 years of war, Northern Uganda could be on the verge of a deal to end the violence. But will it enable the region’s displaced and terrorized women and children to rebuild their lives? asks ...

Farewell cosmopolitan Britain – hail mean, delusional little England. Vanessa Baird responds to the referendum result.

If their candidate wins, they’ll be the country's first female president, but not the first indigenous person to hold the office. Ryan Mallett-Outtrim reports.

Yet another idealistic comrade turned brutal dictator: Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki.

Democratic regimes are thin on the ground in the Muslim world. *Abdelwahab El-Affendi* explores the reasons why.

Another shock referendum result – this time in Colombia. Tatiana Garavito assesses the chances of ending the longest conflict in the western world.