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Boris Johnson’s shutdown of parliament could spark an early general election, but that’s nothing to feel sanguine about. 

Cambridge Analytica – the disbanded data analytics company that allegedly used its software to create and disseminate hateful and inciting messages – in relation to Trump and Brexit, the company also played a nefarious role disseminating fake news in Africa.  In Nigeria, it tried to influence the 2015 election

Misinformation is rife, but it’s nothing new, writes Nanjala Nyabola.

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It's finally here. Issue 515, the relaunch magazine, has officially landed!

The front cover of New Internationalist’s redesigned September magazine

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The making of #NI515: why we went for Tim Hetherington’s portrait from Liberia as the relaunch cover for the redesigned...

Agony Uncle weighs in on whether to finally do away with social media.

Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam tells Subi Shah that, despite his notorious...

As Kashmir enters the 64th day of a communications blackout, Ammar Bukhari recommends a reading list on the...

Vanessa Baird dreams on. Or maybe not?

Blake Morrison grew up in Yorkshire – and made his escape from his traditional conservative background via...

Sea-bed mining promises many riches, but at great risk. Should we pause for thought? asks marine biologist...

Slavery, murder, abandonment. Where human rights do not reach.

The race is on to patent all marine life – and some have got a head start. Marine...

Can fishers, coastguards and marine activists see off the thieves from powerful nations plundering the seas of West Africa...

Vanessa Baird examines the free-for-all consensus when it comes to the world’s oceans, and its implications...

Minimal text and stunning photographs from around the world describe the remarkable, and often dangerous, journeys children...

Heroes in the Evening Mist is the previously unpublished novel by the Texas-born author William Ash. His repeated attempts...

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