OneWorld began in 2011 as a merger of three Dutch platforms — oneworld.nl, OnzeWereld, and Internationale Samenwerking — originally published under the National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), which was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government subsidies ended in 2017. Then, at the close of 2020, financial pressures forced the parent organisation to discontinue the print magazine and lay off the entire staff, including editor-in-chief Seada Nourhussen.
Nourhussen did not let the title die. She took over OneWorld herself, brought in John Olivieira, and relaunched it as Stichting OneWorld, a social enterprise. The print magazine returned — now published four times a year — and the online platform continued growing to two million unique visitors annually. It became the Netherlands' only Black-owned opinion magazine, covering human rights, climate justice, identity, and the global connections that mainstream Dutch media tends to overlook.
The editorial voice is sharp and uncompromising. Recent issues have featured omnivore cultural figure Akwasi on the future of Omroep ZWART, Ayaan Abukar discussing her book Hotel Mogadishu, and the ethical dilemmas of Damn Honey's Marie Lotte Hagen. The motto — "lees je bewust," read consciously — captures a publication that asks its readers to see the Netherlands not as an island but as a node in a global network of power, consequence, and responsibility.
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