State of the World

• Letter from this month's editor

• State of the World Report
  Is the world getting better or worse at meeting the basic needs of the human family?
  Chris Brazier investigates.

• After the Terror
  Four observations by the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.

• A world to be won
  Instead of conceding defeat or replaying its own greatest hits, the Left must turn radically Green,
  argues Jeremy Seabrook.

• LETTER FROM RUSSIA
  An odd oasis by Olivia Ward.

• Sharing one skin
  Native Canadian Jeanette Armstrong believes the world needs to learn from her people ­ and fast.

• LETTER FROM BANGLADESH
  Changing their destiny by Shahidul Alam.

• Mean streets
  Mozambique is undergoing a crime wave ­ and the IMF and World Bank may be responsible, as Mark Whitaker reports.

• Daring to dance
  Nikki van der Gaag travels to Croatia to hear how women from three different conflict zones are making peace.

• Killing the dream
  An update on what has happened to the refugees in Ikafe, Uganda, who featured in our September issue.

• STATE OF THE EARTH ­ THE FACTS

• LETTER FROM PALESTINE
  These prison walls by Stephanie Nolen.

• Deaf to the screams
  The world is letting mothers die. NI founder Peter Adamson demands action.

• LIFE AND DEATH ­ THE FACTS

• LETTER FROM GUATEMALA
  Strong hearts to struggle by Wendy Tyndale.

• LETTER FROM INDIA
  The broken kaleidoscope by Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

• LETTER FROM GHANA
  Kill or cure by Daniel Mensah Brande.

• The NI Interview
  Mohammed Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, talks to Para Teare.

CHRONICLE OF 1996
An alternative view of the year's events, with special features on: turmoil in Bangladesh; the nuclear threat; asylum-seekers; the Kurds; Zaire/Rwanda; activist prizewinners; and the World Food Summit.

• Letters
• Reviews
• The NI Jumbo Crossword
• Country profile: Mali

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