Sub-Saharan Africa
While maintaining a strong awareness of historical contexts, our coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa aims to comprehensively address many of the most pressing challenges facing the region today.
From LGBTQI+ rights in Uganda to the economic situation in Zambia, we aim to provide nuanced and insightful analysis. In our archives, you will also find profiles of individual countries located within the region where you can learn more about colonial legacies, climate breakdown and demographics.
Girls get back on track in South Sudan
How second-chance schooling turned things around for Nyanrror Teresa Marial.
Inside Addis Ababa’s landfill disaster
Five months after the disaster, the people have been abandoned and are wasting away. Vijay Kolinjivadi reports.
Zanzibar shows how tourism spreads HIV globally
The tourism sector increases workers’ vulnerability to AIDS. Katie McQue reports in this web exclusive.
South Africa's new world wine smells off
A Norwegian report uncovers harassment and illegal wages on the country's wine farms, Peter Kenworthy writes.
Trafficked children reach a place of safety
A photo story of hope for abandoned kids in Togo and Benin
Migrants who make it convince others not to risk it
How Senegal is trying to involve the diaspora to curb emigration. By Sofia Christensen
Lost in exile: The forgotten Chagos Islanders
A group of Indian Ocean islanders, forcibly removed from their homes 50+ years ago and deported to England, are still fighting for recognition and basic rights. By Alexi Demetriadi.
This is Congo's top environmental defender: Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo
He puts his life on the line to protect the Democratic Republic of Congo's national parks.
A marathon without finish: Nigeria's fight against polio
The end of the battle against polio might be in sight, but violence and public mistrust are creating yet more obstacles. Laura Jiménez Varo investigates.
A second chance
Rebecca Cooke meets young women in Mozambique who are defying the odds and resisting child marriage.
Exclusive: Inside Diego Garcia, America’s highly secretive military base
A two year investigation reveals the US military’s poor treatment of contract workers on the controversial island. Katie McQue reports.
The ambassador of joy
Tatiana Vivienne reaches out to women in the violence-torn Central African Republic. She talks to Louisa Waugh.
Dancing with fear
The story of rapper Luaty Beirão, who dares to talk democracy in Angola. By Marc Herzog.
Country Profile: Somalia
Somalia today is more like a political marketplace than a modern nation-state, writes Claire Elder.
Mama’s the word: Inside Africa’s all-female radio service
To celebrate World Radio Day, New Internationalist profiles the pioneers of Africa’s first all-female radio station, by Chris Matthews.
Defying Ethiopia’s digital crackdown
The government is trying to ‘shut down’ the internet, but some of Addis Ababa’s young techies are one step ahead. Barney Cullum meets them.
Burundi: time is running out
Diplomacy has failed, and the international media has turned its back. But the crisis is continuing, writes Philip Kleinfeld.
Sabtenga: modernization knocks on the gates of tradition
Chris Brazier's full interview with François Moné, the village's latest Chief.
Journey's End
Chris Brazier returns to the village in Burkina Faso that he has visited every 10 years since helping to make a film there in 1985.
Map of Sabtenga - and 30 years of change in Burkina Faso
How the village has grown - and some facts about how things have changed.
Then & Now
A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.
An Audience with the Chief
Former military pilot François Moné has taken on the traditional role of Chief. He explains how he is using this to pursue the development of the village.
Autumn of the Patriarch
The latest instalment in the lives of Adama, his four co-wives and their 26 children.
Great Expectations
Mariama’s sons are all trying to make their way in the wider world. But how do you explain to Africans that the rich world is now shutting its doors to migrants?
FiSahara: the world's most remote film festival
The festival offers refugees and international guests excitement and windows into forgotten worlds, writes Stefan Simanowitz.
Gaelle Enganamouit: ‘We are helping the girls of tomorrow’
In the Women's African Football Cup of Nations female players are seeking empowerment through sport. Report by Chris Matthews.
Cartels to blame for Kenya’s mass school burnings, witnesses say
The cartels influence teachers to incite students, reports Henry Owino.
After Ebola – in pictures
The world’s media has moved on but people in Sierra Leone are still living with the consequences of the most deadly outbreak of Ebola in history. This photo gallery by Hazel Healy provides a glimpse into how they are coping, two years on.
Ethiopia’s young men: Between hope and a hard place
In an attempt to improve women’s lives, this east African country is leaving young men behind, writes Nikki van der Gaag.
Nigerian officials grow rich on the hunger of the poor
Samuel Malik reports on endemic corruption in Nigeria’s camps for the internally displaced.
Police executions push Kenya to dark days
The killings are causing outrage, panic and shock among citizens. Henry Owino reports.
The 'New Colonialism' – the case of Western Sahara
A new report shows that the British scramble for Africa is a continuation of the nation's foreign policy legacy, Tom Lebert writes.
South Africa: dying for justice
South Africa’s High Court recently ruled that 27,000 goldminers with silicosis, an incurable lung disease, could collectively sue their former employers.
Disability stigma driving cosmetic surgery ‘treatment’
Barney Cullum looks at how tolerance trails behind technological advances for an amputee artist in Zimbabwe.
Why did the market fail to produce an Ebola vaccine?
Mustapha Dumbaya lost 47 relatives in the outbreak. He explores why dysfunctional R&D is letting down those people who need it most.
