Eleanor Hobhouse considers the state of Africa’s newest nation, five years after independence.
Top stories
Sexism A and sexism B
There’s accidental sexism, and then there’s persistent misogyny, writes Kate Smurthwaite.
- Kate Smurthwaite
- Issue 498
- 27 Dec 2016
Music reviews
Louise Gray reviews releases from Louise Bichan and Sun Ra.
- Louise Gray
- Issue 498
- 26 Dec 2016
Book reviews
Latest releases, including fiction by Vamba Sherif.
- New Internationalist Editorial
- Issue 498
- 22 Dec 2016
Mosquitoes versus mankind
The fight against vector-borne diseases is in dire need of new insecticides. But it’s unlikely that real alternatives will make it to the market in time, writes Julia Gross.
- Julia Gross
- Web
- 20 Dec 2016
Blogs
On computers, terror and Brexit
Travelling can sometimes help put things into perspective, writes James Rowland.
- James Rowland
- 22 Dec 2016
Tigger Stack – a most extraordinary woman
We will mourn our loss of Tigger. But it’s her life we must celebrate, writes Mari Thekaekara.
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- 14 Dec 2016
The inextricable link between migration and sweatshops
The possibility of workers’ rights and climate justice movements responding together provides hope, writes Dalia Gebrial.
- Dalia Gebrial
- 13 Dec 2016
Let’s make platform capitalism more accountable
What do Google, Uber, and Facebook have in common? Mark Graham asks.
- Mark Graham
- 13 Dec 2016
Say ‘no’ to lying, bullying, criminal and monopolizing corporate media!
Rupert Murdoch is only part of the problem. Vanessa Baird reports from the Media Democracy Festival in London.
- Vanessa Baird
- 12 Dec 2016
Fracking giant fails to lock up a grandmother
Far from frightening off the campaigners by taking one of them to court, Cuadrilla has given them a boost, writes Jamie Kesley-Fry.
- Jamie Kelsey-Fry
- 12 Dec 2016