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After the civil war in Burundi, most of the rebels surrendered their weapons to the military.

Burundi

The acid test

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by Gesine Ames
by Jean-Marie Vianney ­Kavumbagu
Politically active: a woman registering for the 2010 elections in Burundi’s capital city, Bujumbura.

Peacebuilding

Great achievement

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by Anne Niyuhire
Selling authoritarian regimes surveillance technology “is as dangerous as selling assault rifles”, warns an expert. Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is one of the beneficiaries.

Media

Ambivalent trends

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
by Hans Dembowski
President Benigno Aquino saluting members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Manila.

Rule of law

“Incidents must be investigated”

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by Tiffany Jenkins
Supporters greet president-elect Joko Widodo (centre) in Surabaya in late July.

Elections

Comfortable among the people

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Mural in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Organised crime

“A deal with death”

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by Verónica Corchado
by Sonja Peteranderl

Habitat development

“Future development will be urban”

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Isis convoy in western Iraq in early 2014.

Comment

Avoidable crisis

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by Jochen Hippler
Middle classes are interested in protecting their standard of living, but don’t necessarily want to share with others: private swimming pool of a high-rise condominium in Sao Paulo.

Inequality

Self-serving middle classes

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by Hans Dembowski
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