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Algers centre, Algeria. Credit: Abdelfatah Cezayirli/Pexels

Algeria’s uprising: ‘The people want independence!’

The Covid-19 pandemic may have put Algeria’s revolutionary uprising temporarily on hold, but, as Hamza Hamouchene observes, the will to topple the military regime remains strong.

Latest issue: July-August 2020

The Kurds: Betrayed again

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the South African press on developments in the nation's risk-adjusted strategy to manage the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 [Photo: GCIS/Flickr]

Nanjala Nyabola on the mask mandate and personal freedom.

Illustration by Emma Peer

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.

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South Sudan’s James Aguer Garang talks to Jan-Peter Westad about art, trauma and healing.

Fresh from organizing deliveries of PPE to frontline workers, social scientist Sarojini Nadimpally speaks to Amy Hall about women’s health, the Covid-19 crisis and the inequalities it has exacerbated.

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Amelia Schofield of We Own It draws on lessons from contact tracing success stories around the world.

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