Issue 462 of New Internationalist

May 2013

Land grabs

The global land rush is on. In Mozambique we meet rural communities dispossessed by powerful companies and hear about growing South-South resistance.

Another decade of living dangerously, despite a smart, engaged middle class and increasingly empowered poor.

A global tour of controversial land deals.

Communities are scrambling to protect their lands from tree plantations multiplying in Mozambique's northern highlands. Hazel...

An infographic guide to investors, target lands and crops grown.

A visit to Mozambique dispels any notion that big business is going to ‘feed Africa’. Hazel Healy reports on a land rush in full...

The comedian, author and activist talks to K Biswas.

A portrait of Italy's satirist politician by Richard Swift.

Amy Hall reports on a little-known tradition with devastating impacts on girls in African communities.

Chris Coltrane wants to know the facts about drone attacks.

Economist and author Dan O'Neill and journalist and author Daniel Ben-Ami go head-to-head.