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EDITOR’S LETTER

HAZEL HEALY for the New Internationalist Co-operative newint.org

COVER IMAGE: TIM HETHERINGTON/MAGNUM PHOTOS

WORLD IN PIECES, WORLD AT PEACE

The city centre felt safe, once you got used to the soldiers on patrol. But as we drove out to a former stronghold of Boko Haram on the edge of Maiduguri – where I travelled for this month’s Big Story – the houses and tents gave out to arid scrubland and the feeling of safety drained away. The land was flat as a pancake, but for a split second I felt dizzy, like I was looking out over a precipice. That fleeting sensation of insecurity was just a hint of the constant danger facing millions living in conflict zones. The world must get better at ending wars – if we don’t, the World Bank warns, 60 per cent of the world’s poorest people will be living in violent, ‘fragile’ countries by 2030.

In search of answers, we tune in to the people who are most impacted by Nigeria’s complex crisis – those at the grassroots whose voices are drowned out by the roar of guns. A focus towards peacemakers rather than warmongers reveals new stories from all over the world – of courage, survival and recovery – that contain the keys to unlock peace.

New Internationalist has always sought out diverse voices – and now, in this redesigned relaunch issue, we are proud to introduce new columnists from different regions of the world. As a longer, bimonthly publication, we have more space for indepth features. These include a personal take on meritocracy by New Internationalist founding editor Peter Adamson; the out-of-the-box thinking of ‘What if ’ envisaging a world without borders; and a ‘cartoon history’ that retells the little-known story of Congo’s post-colonial hero, Patrice Lumumba. We feel the new form fits New Internationalist’s goals better; we hope you agree.

And finally, do look out for our new shop catalogue, enclosed.

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:

Sohaila Abdulali was born in Mumbai and lives in New York with her family. She is the author What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape (Myriad, 2018).

Brian Otieno is a freelance photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Most of his work documents the vibrancy of his home, which is also Africa’s largest shanty town – Kibera.

Maria Eugenia Cruz Alarcón advocates for peace in Colombia. She is the founder of NGO Woman Follow in my Footsteps and co-ordinator of the Network of Women’s Rights Defenders.

Olivier Kugler is a German reportage illustrator based in London. He is the author of Escaping Wars and Waves (Myriad, 2018), which won the 2018 European Design Awards Jury Prize.

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