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Going for goals
Sep 25, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
This weekend, world leaders will convene in New York. Top of the agenda is the need to officially adopt replacements for the eight Millennium Development Goals
Mine-free Mozambique
Sep 17, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Once one of the worst landmine-afflicted countries in the world, Mozambique can now celebrate being officially ‘mine-free’
Phyllis Omido
Sep 14, 2015
Dubbed the ‘East African Erin Brockovich’, Phyllis Omido wasn’t an activist when she went to work at a Kenyan lead smelter. But when her breast milk made her baby sick, she began gathering evidence on the smelter’s damaging health effects
Once were warriors
Sep 05, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is piloting a programme to help rehabilitate former child soldiers of Congolese armed forces
Running the Namib
Aug 31, 2015
Written by
Andrew Murray
The Namib desert, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful and savage places on the planet, is perhaps the ultimate test of endurance for a long-distance runner, such as on the Namib 550 Desert Challenge
Boomtown rats
Aug 29, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Giant African rats will soon be undertaking an important and dangerous job in Cambodia; locating the millions of unexploded landmines left over after over 30 years of conflict
Asylum in Austria
Aug 27, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
Most associate Austria with chocolate cake, opera and The Sound of Music. But right now, Austria has the highest per capita rate of asylum seekers in Europe
Beth Healey
Aug 17, 2015
Beth Healey is a research MD at the Concordia station in the Antarctic. Her job is to research the possible physical and psychological effects of living in the station and how they might be similar to long-term spaceflight
The goat economy
Aug 15, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Since Saudi Arabia lifted an export ban on Somaliland’s livestock in 2009, the breakaway state has seen a boom in the trade of livestock, particularly goats
The Tianjin fallout
Aug 14, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Geographical looks at the forthcoming impacts the devastation could have on the rest of the country, after an enormous explosion destroyed a large portion of the port of Tianjin
Out of Africa
Aug 11, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Archaeological finds shed new light on how societies dealt with climate change
South Sudan’s new coins
Aug 11, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
To commemorate its fourth year of independence, South Sudan has released a new set of coins. Geographical takes a look at what this could mean for the world's newest country
The Welsh Gauchos
Aug 04, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
There’s a little bit of Wales alive and well in the valleys of Argentina
Coast to Coast: The Cold Way
Aug 03, 2015
Written by
Sarah Outen
In her latest report from the field, Sarah Outen describes a cycling adventure across the breadth of North America, the penultimate leg of her ongoing human-powered journey around the world
All the world’s a stage
Jul 27, 2015
Written by
Melody Kemp
A two-year global tour sees Shakespeare’s Globe theatre attempting to put on performances of Hamlet in every country on the planet. Geographical caught up with the players in Laos
Gold diggers
Jul 20, 2015
Written by
Geographical
A major Geographical investigation looks at the devastating environmental and debilitating health effects a Thai gold mine is having on a village in Loei, and at how a group of determined villagers are fighting back
Voices of the ‘Afectados’
Jul 20, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A new film hears directly from inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon suffering from the detrimental effects of oil spills dating back over twenty years
Spray days
Jul 19, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Colombia’s anti-coca crop spraying programme has been suspended – for the time being at least
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