How the village has grown - and some facts about how things have changed.
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The Perils of Charity
When rich and poor worlds collide, money is inevitably a problem.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
Autumn of the Patriarch
The latest instalment in the lives of Adama, his four co-wives and their 26 children.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
An Audience with the Chief
Former military pilot François Moné has taken on the traditional role of Chief. He explains how he is using this to pursue the development of the village.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
Great Expectations
Mariama’s sons are all trying to make their way in the wider world. But how do you explain to Africans that the rich world is now shutting its doors to migrants?
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
Journey's End
Chris Brazier returns to the village in Burkina Faso that he has visited every 10 years since helping to make a film there in 1985.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
Then & Now
A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.
- Chris Brazier
- Issue 499
- 5 Jan 2017
Blogs
Declaring the year of sisterhood
Reflecting on a dismal year for women, Kate Smurthwaite proposes a New Year’s resolution.
- Kate Smurthwaite
- 6 Jan 2017
A foreign policy for Brexit?
Brexit both contains and is creating uncertainties that will have an impact on international relations and security policy in Europe. How will it be possible to navigate them? asks Dan Smith.
- Dan Smith
- 6 Jan 2017
In trusts we trust?
The Tax Justice Network looks at beneficial ownership avoidance, the booming industry in alternative tax escape vehicles.
- Naomi Fowler
- 4 Jan 2017
Our 2016: the 10 most read articles on New Internationalist
As 2016 finally came to a close, the New Internationalist staff wrapped up the year’s top articles. Have you missed any?
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 3 Jan 2017
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