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Cambridge Analytica – the disbanded data analytics company that allegedly used its software to create and disseminate hateful and inciting messages – in relation to Trump and Brexit, the company also played a nefarious role disseminating fake news in Africa. In Nigeria, it tried to influence the 2015 election

5 Nov 2018 3 minute read

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Fake news is not just a Western problem

Misinformation is rife, but it’s nothing new, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

Photo from the relaunch issue of New Internationalist

23 Aug 2018 3 minute read

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A look inside the relaunched New Internationalist

It's finally here. Issue 515, the relaunch magazine, has officially landed!

9 Aug 2018 3 minute read

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How we chose our relaunch cover

The making of #NI515: why we went for Tim Hetherington’s portrait from Liberia as the relaunch cover for the redesigned...

Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini (bottom, centre, in white top) with women peacemakers from conflict zones from around the world at ICAN's 2018 Annual Forum in Sri Lanka. Credit: ICAN

7 Mar 2021 6 minute read

Peace talks need women

Women in war zones are the best peace-makers, yet they rarely get a place at negotiation tables dominated by men. Iranian...

Malawi Citizens’ Assembly member Daudi Amidu, a merchant trader, dances alongside fellow participants as they take a pause from considering ways to improve local spending rules in Salima South, Lake Malawi. MADALITSO BANDA/ALL HANDS ON

4 Mar 2021 7 minute read

Defibrillating democracy

A kickstart for a habitable future. Claire Mellier and Rich Wilson make the case for ...

3 Mar 2021 22 minute read

Barefoot surgeons

In the absence of enough trained doctors, reliance on other, less-qualified health workers is growing in the Global South....

Bezos has a net worth higher than the individual GDPs of 141 of the world’s countries.

2 Mar 2021 3 minute read

Hall of infamy: Jeff Bezos

Why bully boy Bezos can’t stop smirking.

1 Mar 2021 1 minute read

Democracy on the edge

Disinformation. Polarization. And flat denial of election results. Democracy seems to be in trouble today. But are these...

Community resistance by ‘Shell to Sea’ campaigners in Ireland, who have linked their struggle to those against Shell in Nigeria. Image by Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

25 Feb 2021 4 minute read

What kind of world do we want to retire into?

As a new report exposes the billions of pounds...

25 Feb 2021 2 minute read

Have your say on improving press standards

The UK regulator IMPRESS is calling for evidence on press standards relating to discrimination, harassment, online...

Machiguenga children at play in Manu’s spectacular wilderness, while their pet spider monkey explores a tree. CHARLIE JAMES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/ALAMY

23 Feb 2021 6 minute read

The limits of eden

Indigenous people living in Peru’s Manu National Park have been locked out of its management. Could change be on the horizon...

A mural featuring a pro-Trump protester, self-styled QAnon ‘shaman’ Jacob Chansley, appeared in Tunbridge Wells, UK, a few days after the storming of the US Congress in Washington on 6 January. KARWAI TANG/WIREIMAGE/GETTY

18 Feb 2021 15 minute read

Democracy on the edge

Unloved and under threat from several sides, democracy seems to be in peril. Should it be saved – or helped to change?...

Tourists and photographers zoom in on wildlife at the Mara river during the great wildebeest migration, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. ERIC BACCEGA/ALAMY

18 Feb 2021 7 minute read

Beyond the tourist trail

Conservationists in the Global South are seeking sustainable pathways, finds Graeme Green.

Seirian Sumner gives voice to a creature of amazing ecological value that humans usually consider a pest and the stinging scourge of summer picnics.

17 Feb 2021 4 minute read

Why I matter

A tiny but fierce hunter explains to Seirian Sumner why humans need it around.

Myanmar citizens hold placards in front of the United Nations building during the demonstration. Protesters gathered in front of the United Nations building to protest against the military coup and demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar's military detained State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi on February 01, 2021 and declared a state of emergency while seizing the power in the country for a year after losing the election against the National League for Democracy (NLD). (Photo by Chaiwat S

16 Feb 2021 5 minute read

Why the coup is bad news for Myanmar’s ethnic minorities

Despite significant ongoing problems, life has changed for many minority communities since the military last ruled. Now...

From left to right: Bullseye harlequin poison dart frog from the rainforest of Colombia. Dirk Ercken/Alamy; A conservationist demonstrates to a class of schoolchildren the whooping crane costume used to rear chicks. Nature and Science/Alamy; Andatu, the first Sumatran rhinoceros born in captivity in Indonesia. Reynold Sumakyu/Alamy

16 Feb 2021 5 minute read

What it takes

Four case histories of extraordinary efforts to save threatened species.

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