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With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime
Local activists are expecting a police crackdown, reports John Richards.
What the Saudi leaks tell us
Documents from within the Saudi Foreign Office, Julian Assange explains what’s inside them.
Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia
The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.
Saudi activists – who are they and what do they want?
Madawi Al-Rasheed examines the prospects and limits of activism in the absolute monarchy.
If Google and Facebook flip elections does code rule the world?
Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web, writes Chris Spannos.
What might a Plan B for Europe look like?
Leftwing politicians and social movements strike a claim for a new Europe. Claire Fauset reports.
Top stories
Twitterview: Saudi Arabia and the West
NI editor Vanessa Baird responds to questions on Twitter about her latest magazine ‘Blood brothers’.
- Vanessa Baird
- Web
- 22 Mar 2016
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Making waves: Kholoud Waleed
Dario Sabaghi talks to Kholoud Waleed about her battle for freedom of speech in Syria.
- Dario Sabaghi
- Issue 490
- 22 Mar 2016
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Poverty in the land of black gold
Paul Aarts and Carolien Roelants on the plight of poor Saudis.
- Carolien Roelants and Paul Aarts
- Issue 490
- 21 Mar 2016
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A new beginning for economic transformation in Africa?
Chris Matthews hears arguments for African-led growth at a forum in Rwanda.
- Chris Matthews
- Web
- 18 Mar 2016
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Worldbeaters: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey’s president is one of the political class’s more humourless and intolerant specimens.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 490
- 18 Mar 2016
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What the Saudi leaks tell us: An interview with Julian Assange
Since June 2015 WikiLeaks has been releasing details of leaked cables and other documents from within the Saudi Foreign Office. Julian Assange explains what’s inside.
- Julian Assange
- Issue 490
- 17 Mar 2016
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Blogs
The Brussels Attacks
Our pain and rage are immense, but we need reason and understanding more than ever, Frank Barat writes.
- Frank Barat
- 24 Mar 2016
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With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime
Local activists are expecting a brutal crackdown from the police, writes John Richards.
- John Richards
- 22 Mar 2016
- 2
Calculating the environmental benefits of peace in Colombia
The costs of the 50-year conflict add up to ecocide. Doug Weir reports.
Five years of Syrian crisis hits women hard
Tabitha Ross describes how the conflict is affecting women exposed to gender-based violence.
- Tabitha Ross
- 15 Mar 2016
- 2
If Google and Facebook can flip elections does code now rule the real world?
Internet users used to be worried about government control of the web but the opposite may be true, writes Chris Spannos
- Chris Spannos
- 11 Mar 2016
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Hail Caesar! The personal whim of not so fair trade
The struggle for real Fairtrade is reminiscent of gladiator battles, writes Ben O’Hanlon.
- Ben O'Hanlon
- 8 Mar 2016
- 2
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