Humanitarianism under attack

What do the numbers look like?

In 2011, Western donors sat back while 250,000 Somalis died of starvation. Then Turkey stepped in. Jamal Osman reports on the rise of aid from the Muslim world.

Mass starvation is making a comeback as a weapon of war. To tackle this great evil we must stop talking about food and over-population, and engage with the politics, argues Alex de Waal.

Aid-by-drone, what’s not to like? Plenty, as Nick Dowson explains.

Is the UN still capable of keeping the peace and protecting civilians? Was it ever? Ian Williams inspects the record.

The treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya people has been seen as a genocide in the making. Parsa Sanjana Sajid visits those trapped on the Bangladeshi border.

It is not rationality that unites us, but the fragility of our physical bodies. Tom Whyman finds a germ of optimism in the philosophy of the Frankfurt School.

There has been a dramatic rise in heart disease in Africa over the past 25 years – a situation made worse by fake medicines on the market. Now doctors are beginning to fight for change, as Lea Surugue reports.

As president Bashar al-Assad’s regime tightens its grip on war-torn Syria, Sally Hayden reports from three government strongholds on life for ordinary citizens, who are seeking normality, even if rubble and memories are all they have left.

Alessio Perrone reports on Algeria’s marginalized Kabylia region, where the politics of identity has spilled over into football.

Bitcoin is more than premium bonds for hipsters or the veganism of finance, writes Omar Hamdi.

View from America by Mark Engler.

Update from Ireland by Megan Nolan.

Update from Kenya by Moses Wasamu.

Update from France by Claire Fauset.

Richard Swift profiles Zimbabwe’s new leader.

Update on a large-scale dam in the AmazonTom Lawson.

Anniversary of The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Update from Canada by Janet Nicol.

Update from Iran by Lydia Noon.

Update from India by Tom Lawson.

Spud life; Toy story; Elephant reprieve.

Praise, blame and all points in between? Your feedback published in the April 2018 magazine.

Why does ‘accelerated development’ spell disaster in the Brazilian Amazon? Dan Baron Cohen begins his column from the Afro-indigenous community of Cabalo Seco.

Miguel Morales Madrigal from Cuba with ‘MasterPEACE’

Cartoon by Simon Kneebone.

Cartoon by P J Polyp

Cartoon by Marc Roberts

Almost any Libyan can tell you the story of a relative or friend imprisoned, tortured, exiled or simply disappeared. Zoe Holman profiles this complex country.

Saudi Arabia’s King-in-waiting – and his aggressive foreign policy – is put under the spotlight.

From gender-based violence to the challenges of being an outspoken woman, Indian writer and activist Meena Kandasmy talks with Graeme Green.

Even When I Fall, co-directed by Kate McLarnon and Sky Neal; 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute), directed and co-written by Robin Campillo.

Mambo Cósmico by Sonido Gallo Negro and Forest Bathing by A Hawk and a Hacksaw

No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid; Beside the Syrian Sea by James Wolff; Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright; Sara by Sakine Cansiz, translated by Janet Biehl.