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The article discusses the impact of climate change on rural communities in Niger and the increasing migration of people to cities for safety and better opportunities. Topics include it explores the challenges faced by climate migrants; the need for policies that support their integration and adaptation in urban areas; and it also mentioned that domestic mobility is discouraged by many governments.

The article discusses the economic transformation of the African countryside. Topics explored include the impact of poverty and relative prosperity on rural workers, the high demand for local goods and services which may be attributed to the increase in trading activity in the region, and the reported employment of rural workers on commercial farms due to land acquisition by white settlers in Zimbabwe.

The article discusses the poor performance of rural areas in Great Britain due in part to government policy. Topics discussed include the struggle of businesses in the countryside to get into the online economy, increase in the proportion of British households with an Internet connection since 1999 and the decline in agriculture and total income from farming.

The article reports on the increasing number of young Japanese urbanites who want to settle in rural areas in Japan. Topics covered include the population trends in Japan that are especially pronounced in the countryside, a report in 2014 which suggested the depopulation of municipalities by 2040 and the public programmes that encourage migration to the rural areas.

The article discusses the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) pick for the world's gloomiest country or the most miserable place which happened to be South Sudan for its inflation, flaws in elections and tribal conflict leading to genocide. It further discusses the other contenders in the list being America enraged by President Donald Trump, Britons for its despair about Brexit and Greece with the Euro crisis.

The article looks at population growth in rural French villages. According to the author, France's policies supporting strong transportation networks and other public services have allowed the former city-dwellers known as néoruraux to move to the countryside while still maintaining economically and socially connected. Details on economic conditions in hamlets like Nâves, France are presented. Tourism and French president François Hollande are also discussed.