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Supporters of the ruling military junta, the CNRD, stand in front of their headquarters the day after the 2021 coup d'état in Guinea. Credit: Aboubacarkhoraa/WikiCommons

11 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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1980s throw-back

Multiple coups, a global virus and democracy on the ropes in many parts of the world. Nanjala Nyabola asks...

31 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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The drugs don’t work

Lea Surugue reports on the dramatic rise of heart disease in Africa and the corresponding crisis of fake...

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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The state of education: leaving many behind

How far is the world from the dream of universal education? Hazel Healy reports.

30 Mar 2012 5 minute read

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Are ordinary Tuaregs becoming Mali conflict scapegoats?

Nick Harvey and Julien Tremblin look at the plight of Tuareg refugees caught in the...

8 Dec 2009 3 minute read

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Myths and madness

Suggestions that Africa should reduce its population in order to avert climate disaster are completely wide of the mark. Its...

2 Sep 2009 3 minute read

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Niger

The top tourist destination in Niger until the late 1980s, the city of Agadez – located in the dead centre of the country – is...

26 Mar 2009 9 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Bluemen and Yellowcake

Stefan Simanowitz reports from West Africa on the struggle of the Tuareg.

1 Mar 2009 2 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Mariama's story

Mariama lost two babies in childbirth - because she had no help. This is her story.

8 Aug 2007 2 minute read

This article is almost 16 years old.

Another Afghan Postcard

The sixth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan is fast approaching, but no-one is celebrating. Western...

Radio New Internationalist - Afghan Postcards

23 Mar 2007 1 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Radio New Internationalist - Afghan Postcards

Afghan postcards

This month – on the fourth year anniversary of its invasion of Iraq – the world is assessing the...

1 Oct 2005 1 minute read

This article is more than 17 years old.

The return of the poster child

How exploitative and degrading images are still used to raise funds.

1 Oct 2005 1 minute read

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Anti-slavery activists freed

Niger’s leading anti-slavery activists, Ilguilas Weila and Alassane Biga (whose imprisonment was reported in...

1 Oct 2005 2 minute read

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Old failures feed new famines

With more than three million of its people now at risk of starvation, Niger has become the third African country to...

5 Oct 1996 4 minute read

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5 Dec 1989 8 minute read

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A Global Report

new internationalist
issue 202 - December...

5 Aug 1986 3 minute read

This article is almost 37 years old.

Niger

new internationalist
issue 162 - August...