Violence

Religious oil on ethnic fire in northern Nigeria

The notorious farmer-herder conflict can no longer be defined solely as a battle for resources. Promise Eze reports.

In Sudan, women's bodies have long been the battleground

From state subjects to war spoils, Sudan’s history of violence against women is reaching a breaking point, writes Raga Makawi.

Manipur smoulders, Modi looks the other way

Amid escalating ethnic violence, people in India’s northeastern state feel abandoned by the government. Nikita Jain reports.

In Gaza, ‘Survival is the only objective’

Palestinian journalist Jamileh Tawfiq speaks to Hamza Yusuf about working under Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Police violence against gilets jaunes sparks broad backlash

Riot police using flashballs and rubber bullets in France have caused severe harm. Now, a movement is growing to disarm them. Oliver Haynes reports.

Catching the cops

Aboriginal people are using a new app to record and report police brutality. Will it help break Australia’s culture of impunity? Ian Lloyd Neubauer reports.

Standing against state violence

The powerful shackdweller’s social movement is mobilizing against assassinations in South Africa. Richard Pithouse reports.

Namibia’s long fight for justice

Communities that were decimated by Germany’s forgotten genocide are now demanding justice. Gouri Sharma reports.

How Nicaragua’s good guys turned bad

Carmen Herrera traces the history of the FSLN, from socialist liberators to the increasingly brutal rule of Daniel Ortega.

Rape as communal violence in India

Violence against women is being used as a weapon of communal hatred, suggesting India should enact the Communal Violence bill, Nilanjana Bhowmick argues.

Why telling victims not to ‘be victims’ is wrong

Kate Smurthwaite stands in defence of this battered word.

And Finally: Meena Kandasamy

The writer and activist discusses domestic abuse, social media and politics in India with Graeme Green.

Another blow to Colombia’s peace process

The country’s President Juan Manuel Santos has cancelled peace talks with the National Liberation Army over a hostage dispute. Kimberley Brown reports.

Caught in the act: Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian

Noreen Sadik reports on the aftermath of a very public shooting in the divided city of al-Khalil.

Fortress Europe

The final part of Hussam’s story, set at the intersection of European immigration policy and the Syrian war. By Emily Gowdey-Backus.

Why are Haitians still eating mud cakes?

Four years after the earthquake, Haiti remains a country in crisis. Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby report.

What the Abu Ghraib images really tell us about war

US soldiers who posed next to hooded inmates in the Baghdad prison 10 years ago revealed the ‘banality of evil’, explains Sean Willcock.

Zamboanga, a city under siege

While all eyes were on Kenya, another devastating attack was taking place in the Philippines. Iris Gonzales reports.

Gaza: ‘Operation Short Memory’

Israeli writer Uri Avnery tells Gush-Shalom why he thinks Operation Cloud Pillar will achieve nothing but devastation.

Why do some conflicts get more media coverage than others?

Nick Harvey considers the role – and the agenda – of the global media in making the news.

Darfur: sick of promises

Jess Worth encounters a community that’s demanding answers.

In the name of GOD

Vanessa Baird examines the special relationship between religion and violence.