Corruption runs deep in Congo
May 2007's Issue
Visionary voices: the people, the ideas, the action.
For our 400th edition, the NI unfurls a tapestry of ideas and activism from the Majority World. Engaged with the here and now in order to build for a better future, burnishing hope amid downturns and defeats, these are voices we feel you will want to hear.
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Featured in issue 400
The making of an Islamic Jack the Ripper
View from Gujranwala – Abbas Zaidi tells the chilling story of an Islamic Jack the Ripper.
- Abbas Zaidi
- 1 May 2007
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Goodbye Bafana
A film taken from a book by a white guy who knew an African leader – sounds familiar?
- Malcolm Lewis
- 1 May 2007
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The Corporation that Changed the World
How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 1 May 2007
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L’Oreal Took My Home
Monica Waitzfelder’s true story of her family’s suffering during and after World War Two
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 May 2007
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Graffiti My Soul
Veerapen Prendrapen – half Jewish, half Tamil – is the fastest runner in his school
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 May 2007
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‘I don’t believe in love marriages’
An Indian serial kidnapper interviewed.
- Dionne Bunsha
- 1 May 2007
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The Dhal Puri Queue
Lindsey Collen drops in to a street summit while waiting for a tasty snack.
- Lindsey Collen
- 1 May 2007
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Mauritania votes
In March this year the West African country of Mauritania held its first open and fair election in decades
- 1 May 2007
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Special status for Srebrenica
Several hundred returnees claim Srebrenica should be excluded from the jurisdiction of Republika Srpska.
- 1 May 2007
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Be careful who you sleep with
Billionaire insurance mogul Maurice ‘Hank’ Greenberg was charged with fraud and insurance and securities violations
- 1 May 2007
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Occupation and the mind
Samah Jabr counts the cost to Palestinians’ mental health.
- Samah Jabr
- 1 May 2007
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Continental shift
Carlos M Vilas gauges the gains of people’s politics in Latin America.
- Carlos M Vilas
- 1 May 2007
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Pump up the volume
Radio revolution in Zambia, Malawi and Namibia.
- Walter Otis Tapfumaneyi
- 1 May 2007
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Folk Songs for the Five Points
History of a city shaped by immigrant memory and musical culture
- Louise Gray
- 1 May 2007
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Segu Blue
West African Bassekou Kouyate and Mali’s first traditional lute quartet
- Louise Gray
- 1 May 2007
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