New Internationalist

2 weeks ago | newint.org | Rosebell Kagumire

In a significant win for recognition, in February, Kenya moved to allow ‘intersex’ as a third gender on birth certificates. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (such as sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns and/or chromosomal patterns) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. Experts estimate that up to 1.7 per cent of the population is born with intersex traits.

2 weeks ago | newint.org | Jelena Sofronijevic

Branded sportswear has become a stereotype of Slavic cultures, worn across a broad spectrum from social media influencers to paramilitary forces as caricatured in Hollywood films about the Yugoslav Wars. When Miloš Trakilović calls from Berlin, though, his Umbro hoodie is a practical choice. It provides comfort in his current surrounds, a depot walled with cardboard boxes at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, as he prepares to open a new audio installation.

1 month ago | newint.org | Nilanjana Bhowmick

Siddique Kappan was on his way to report on the gang rape and murder of a Dalit teenager in Uttar Pradesh when he was arrested on 5 October 2020. The 5,000-page charge sheet reportedly accused the Muslim journalist of being paid to cause trouble, including ‘to incite Muslims’. It included excerpts from 36 articles Kappan had written about ongoing religious and sectarian tensions in India. He spent over two years in jail before getting bail in February 2023.

1 month ago | newint.org | Vanessa Baird

You may not know them by name, but by the time you get up, turn on a device or have your first cup of tea, you will have engaged with multiple critical minerals. As it springs into action, a dozen will come into play inside your mobile phone – materials with exotic names like indium, terbium, gallium and praseodymium, as well as the more prosaic nickel. Each volt of electricity you use will be brought to you along gleaming wires of copper – a cornerstone critical mineral.

2 months ago | newint.org | Rosebell Kagumire

It was a quiet ceremony as Mozambique swore in its new president, Daniel Chapo, in January. There was none of the loud celebration to be expected at such an occasion – in fact, the political opposition boycotted the event and eight people were reportedly killed as they protested against it. More than 56 per cent of Mozambique’s 17 million eligible voters abstained from the election, which took place in October 2024.