Columns / Currents
Articles about Currents, ordered by date. 
Last frontier
Local communities fight mineral exploration and eviction in the Andes
Regime thumbs its nose at the world
The largest forced relocation since 1996-98
The road to recovery
A decade after independence, Timor-Leste’s people are still struggling to get justice
Named and shamed
Countries across the globe that are flouting international law and violating refugees’ rights.
Vulture culture
Time to close down the investment companies that feed off the living
Carbon cowboys
No international agreement exists on reducing emissions from forests, but that hasn’t stopped companies attempting to profit from it
Goodbye to Guy
Guy Stringer, director of Oxfam, chair of Devopress who initially published New Internationalist magazine in 1974.
Making me crazy
The treatment of Afghans with mental illness is only adding to their trauma.
Unpopular poplars
Environmentalists oppose the genetically engineered poplar trees for the production of cellulosic ethanol or industrial biofuel.
Absolute friends
The largest solidarity movement between two peoples offers hope in Western Sahara, writes Paul Rigg.
Dirty diplomacy
Concern over the Canadian Government's handling of Canada’s tar sands
Denial and dismissal
Despite growing evidence, the Kenyan Government evades accountability for murder
Cargill exposed
Transnational food company found modifying all its rice to evade price controls
A pressing issue
Belarusian journalists ‘gagged’ by draconian censorship laws
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