Eleanor Hobhouse considers the state of Africa’s newest nation, five years after independence.
Mosquitoes versus mankind
The fight against vector-borne diseases is in dire need of new insecticides, writes Julia Gross.
FiSahara: The world’s most remote film festival
The festival offers refugees and international guests excitement and windows into forgotten worlds, writes Stefan Simanowitz.
Say ‘no’ to lying, bullying and monopolising corporate media!
Rupert Murdoch is only part of the problem. Vanessa Baird reports from the Media Democracy Festival in London.
Fox in charge of the hen house
Tax authorities are complicit in their own undoing, writes Alain Deneault.
Labour rights in the global electronics industry
In advance of International Human Rights Day, we shine a light on labour rights abuses in the global electronics industry.
The coming war on China
A major US military build-up is under way in Asia and the Pacific with the purpose of confronting China. John Pilger reports.
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
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