The politics of grazing in Cameroon
Farmers and cattle herders in West Cameroon are finding new ways to solve long-running conflicts over access to land and water.
#EndSARS: Remembering a massacre
Two years on from the Lekki toll gate shooting, Obiora Ikoku, reflects on the legacy of Nigeria’s youth-led movement against police brutality and speaks to survivors about their quest for justice.
Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’
As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory – which still works 24-hours a day, but for social justice.
Mozambique plantation leaves no land or jobs for villagers
Promised plantation jobs, five years later these Mozambicans are still waiting, discovers Nils Adler.
The global coffee trade’s role in the Rwandan Genocide
Twenty-five years after the ‘fastest and most efficient murder campaign of the twentieth century’, Katie McQue examines the role that the global deregulation of the coffee trade had in destabilizing Rwanda.
Cut and run
Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw reports.
Can peacebuilders end the war with Boko Haram?
Guns will only take you so far in the fight against the jihadist rebels, Hazel Healy discovers.
How Nicaragua’s good guys turned bad
Carmen Herrera traces the history of the FSLN, from socialist liberators to the increasingly brutal rule of Daniel Ortega.
US drones rain fear from Somali skies
Somali farmers who can barely point out America on a map are innocent victims of the US ‘war on terror’, reports Jamal Osman.
Protecting trans lives goes deeper than laws and representation
Priti Salian on how activists are fighting the colonial mindset to push for trans rights in India.
Could a Biden presidency end America’s ‘forever wars’?
Joe Biden is unlikely to scupper corporate-military interests of his own accord. It will take pressure from the grassroots, argues Andrew Smith.
Watch: why did the British Army kill a one-legged man?
As the UK hopes to open new military bases in the Caribbean, Phil Miller investigates the killing of a man by the British Army in Belize over 30 years ago.
‘Is it bad to pay my bills working in an ethically compromised industry?’
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle
Shoot first, ask questions later
In Rio de Janeiro, even bystanders are falling victim to brutal policing tactics, reports Leonardo Sakamoto.
Turkey is running northern Syria dry
Gisella Ligios reports from Rojava on the threat of food and water insecurity, and its impact on farming livelihoods.
The Gates factor
Nick Dowson investigates the oversized influence of Bill Gates on the global response to the pandemic
10 steps to world peace
Hazel Healy examines the ways in which humankind can ditch the military habit - and tackle conflict at its roots
‘Think about what is to come, for all generations’
Faced with Covid restrictions and visa backlogs, many activists from the Global South might not get to the COP26 climate summit. But their voices need to be heard. From Peru, Melania Canales, Henry Córdova…
Guerrillas gamble for peace
‘Each person must say we won’t do this again.’ Guerrilla leader Pablo Beltrán of Colombia’s ELN talks to Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín…
Can workers reset the system?
Tansy Hoskins on how garment makers could be better protected in future.
Don’t privatize forests, educate the people
In rural Nigeria, religious leaders think sinful behaviour is to blame for climate change, writes Adesuwa Ero.
The interview: Michael Fakhri
Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has a bold vision for a trade system that reflects how people actually eat.
