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London Climate Action Week won’t be the launchpad for these mobilisations—but it can be a moment to regroup, refocus, and strengthen our resolve. As the week ends, the priority must be looking ahead: ...
On 29 September, after a Houthi missile aimed at Tel Aviv was intercepted by Israeli air defence, Israeli fighter jets ...
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But the source of Felix’s seemingly progressive beliefs about women’s sexual pleasure pre-dates Kagame by hundreds of years. Our conversation is not about policy or the post-genocide recovery but ...
New Internationalist 347 July 2002 Corporate influence / A HISTORY What is a corporation? Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary defines it as 'an ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual ...
Since the end of the Cold War 12 of the world’s 15 deadliest conflicts have occurred in Africa – but global media has invariably focused on smaller conflicts elsewhere. Nick Harvey looks at why some ...
In Chile, state security forces are increasingly detaining, beating and harassing the volunteers of community-led soup kitchens. Carole Concha Bell speaks to the organizers resisting this intimidation ...
Could a Kenyan court case point the way towards a more just tax system? Amy Hall investigates. ‘I’m looking forward to resilient and self-reliant African countries that are using the revenue that they ...
There’s more than enough to go round – if food is distributed evenly. A data visualization by David McCandless undoes the scarcity myth.
There are estimated to be some three million migrants and refugees in Libya, mostly Sub-Saharans. They wait and work toward their passage to Europe in a country which now has three governments – one ...
The continued division of Cyprus suits Britain’s geopolitical interests, as well as those of world powers that see the Mediterranean island as a useful pawn in a longstanding game of chess. Darren ...