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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...

3 Aug 2021 4 minute read

Spotlight: Selma Dabbagh

Writer Selma Dabbagh speaks to Rahila Gupta about reclaiming Arab women’s sexuality.

2 Aug 2021 17 minute read

How shadow courts threaten the climate

An international energy agreement could leave governments across the Global South exposed to expensive lawsuits from...

1 Aug 2021 3 minute read

‘Will my activism jeopardize my future?’

A climate activist fears what impact a conviction could have on their future and turns to Agony Uncle.

Esther Ze Naw and Ei Thinzar Maung lead the first large-scale protests against the coup in Yangon, 6 February 2021. MYAT THU KYAW/NUR PHOTO/GETTY

28 Jul 2021 6 minute read

A chance to rebuild?

Thin Lei Win believes the Myanmar military’s reign of terror might be leading a long-divided nation onto a...

27 Jul 2021 4 minute read

Zuma is still clinging to power, citizens are paying the price

South Africa’s recent uprisings have revealed how much of a tinderbox the country is, argues Glen Retief....

The parents of one-year-old Thin Thawdaw Tun carry their injured daughter, who received treatment from volunteer medics. A rubber bullet fired by the security forces hit her in the eye, while she was inside the family home. PANOS PICTURES

25 Jul 2021 4 minute read

No place for children

Not even young lives have been spared by the junta. Maung Moe reports on a day of shame.

22 Jul 2021 5 minute read

The interview: Sayragul Sauytbay

Sayragul Sauytbay on being forced to teach propaganda in a concentration camp for Uyghur...

21 Jul 2021 3 minute read

Hall of infamy: Alexander Lukashenko

Election faker Lukashenko keeps clinging to power.

Tree-planting overkill? There literally isn’t enough room on the planet to host all the corporate carbon offsetting plans. NIKOLA JOVANOVIC/UNSPLASH

20 Jul 2021 3 minute read

Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ carbon offset?

Is there more to carbon offsetting than greenwash? Danny Chivers explores.

Free-walking (‘trespassing’) is vital to building community-wide knowledge of local ecosystems.

19 Jul 2021 6 minute read

Nature’s guardians

Dave Bangs makes the case for universal freedom to roam, and explains why he will be joining a mass...

Photo by Fred Murphy is licensed under CC BY-ND-NC 1.0.

18 Jul 2021 3 minute read

Introducing… From The Front

Over the next two years, our new series will explore pathways to peace and environmental protection.

West Papua Students, Alliance of People's Unity for Liberation of West Papua demonstrated in Yogyakarta, in August, 2019 against racism and called for independence for their region. (Credit Image: © Slamet Riyadi/ZUMA Wire)

14 Jul 2021 6 minute read

‘The road to freedom lies ahead’

Klas Lundström examines the humanitarian crisis in West Papua as people continue to struggle for self-...

13 Jul 2021 3 minute read

Hall of infamy: Yoweri Museveni

Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni digs his heels in yet again.

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