Country profile

Mira Galanova uncovers a country at a crossroads.

Filed in: Nicaragua, Politics and Society

Eleanor Hobhouse considers the state of Africa’s newest nation, five years after independence.

Filed in: Politics and Society

Tamara Pearson profiles this South American country, from the November issue of New Internationalist magazine.

Filed in: Venezuela

Louisa Reynolds reports on the country, considered the most violent in the world outside a war zone.

Filed in: Honduras

Kelsi Farrington on the truth behind the holiday-brochure images.

Filed in: Bahamas, Politics and Society

Greg Wilpert reports on a country diverse in geography, politics and people.

Filed in: Ecuador, Politics and Society

Samuel Malik considers life in the self-styled ‘giant of Africa’.

Filed in: Nigeria, Politics and Society

Jan Rocha on the challenges and paradoxes in one of the world’s most unequal countries.

Filed in: Brazil, Politics and Society

The central African country’s long sleep continues, says Ben Shepherd, but the clock is ticking.

Filed in: Cameroon, Politics and Society

David Styan on life in continental Africa’s least-populated state.

Filed in: Djibouti, Politics and Society