Digital turn

Digital turn

Maxine Betteridge-Moes reports from Western Sahara.

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NI 534 - The future of work - November, 2021
Lesson under a tree. Showing photographs and talking about the differences between Britain and Burkina Faso to a class of schoolchildren in 1995.Photo: Claude Sauvageot

New Internationalist: the first 50 years – and the next

Chris Brazier looks back over a career as a co-editor that stretches back to 1984, remembering highlights and dark moments from Nicaragua to Vietnam, South Africa to Western Sahara and Burkina Faso.

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NI 531 - Vaccine equality - May, 2021
Gunshots fired

Gunshots fired

The first resumption of military operations in Western Sahara since the UN-mediated ceasefire of 1991.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Still waiting for self-determination: an indigenous Saharawi woman sits inside her tent in Tifariti, Western Sahara.Photo: Zohra Bensemra/ Reuters

Conflict minerals

Report from Western Sahara by Chris Brazier.

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NI 522 - China in charge - November, 2019
Photo: Guillem Moreno

A word with Aziza Brahim

The Western Saharan singer and activist on Cuban solidarity, life as a refugee, and making her grandmother proud.

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NI 493 - Love in the time of Ebola - June, 2016
UN staff have been expelled from MINURSO's headquarters in Laayoune.Photo: Guillaume Galdrat

With no UN to watch, Saharawis fear Moroccan regime

Local activists are expecting a brutal crackdown from the police, writes John Richards.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
Carrying a gun to symbolise the independence war of 1975-91, a Saharawi boy takes part in an annual parade at a refugee camp in Algeria. He is part of a generation that has never seen its homeland.Photos: Dominik Sipiński

A story of waiting

As Western Sahara marks 40 years of occupation, Dominik Sipiński listens to refugees tired of broken promises and dreams.

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NI 487 - Paris climate summit - November, 2015
Aminatou HaidarRafael Marchante / Reuters

Where are they now? Aminatou Haidar

The nonviolent resistance activist on what she has been doing since she was featured in our 1997 issue.

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NI 460 - What has development done for me? - March, 2013
Southern Exposure - Calligraphy in Western Sahara Olivia Mann

Southern Exposure - Calligraphy in Western Sahara

Mohamed Sulaiman Labat from Western Sahara shares the significance of his calligraphy.

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NI 454 - Co-operatives - July, 2012
The next step: Western Saharawi fisherfolk are demanding the right to fish in their own waters.Photo by Maria Fonfara / www.wsrw.org

The EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership

Morocco’s exploitation of Western Sahara’s fish stocks in choppy waters.

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NI 440 - Up in arms - March, 2011
Photo by Paul Rigg

Absolute friends

The largest solidarity movement between two peoples offers hope in Western Sahara, writes Paul Rigg.

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NI 424 - Surviving change in the Arctic - July, 2009

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
The future of work November, 2021
Vaccine equality May, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
China in charge November, 2019
Love in the time of Ebola June, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Paris climate summit November, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
Feminism fights back July, 2014
What has development done for me? March, 2013
Co-operatives July, 2012
Up in arms March, 2011
Surviving change in the Arctic July, 2009
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