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Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reportage and personal reflections from correspondents around the world.

The Nigerian army and government say that they have beaten down the Boko Haram insurgency in the country's northeast - but jihadist groups in the area are still mounting attacks, taking hostages, and killing people. Colin Freeman meets some of those who escaped being held captive by the fighters, and heard how they're learning to deal with traumatic memories.

Allis Moss explores the controversy over Norway's energy sources. Domestically the country is one of the greenest in the world, with renewable hydroelectric energy supplying the lion's share of usage - but on the international stage, it's also one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas. How to square the circle?

Although some economic indicators in the USA look good, there's still a noticeable increase in the numbers of people living rough on the streets of many cities - even in prosperous, forward-looking, tech-driven areas of the West Coast. Hugo Bachega explores what's going on via a visit to a 'tent city' in Portland, Oregon.

And as the world marks 100 years since Armistice, Diana Darke reflects on allies and enemies, damage and healing. Her two grandfathers - one English, one German - fought on opposite sides in World War One, at one time in trenches which were only metres apart. Yet they both came back home and found plenty to enjoy and cultivate during the rest of their lives. Even as the civil war in Syria drags on today with no end in sight, there may yet be chances for reconciliation in generations to come.

Photo: A girl rescued from Boko Haram hides her face at the Malkohi camp for internally displaced persons outside Yola, in northeast Nigeria (STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)