India’s constitution declares it to be a secular state, though it also carries a strong Hindu influence, which the ruling BJP ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Tunisia continues to enjoy close economic and political ties with the US and Europe and benefits from billions of dollars of foreign investment.

Alicia Cawiya, an indigenous activist prepared to defy the powerful to save Ecuador’s Yasuní, talks to Linda Etchart.