‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked out apartheid | Nelson Mandela News
He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head to the polls in at…
Jobless engineers, MBAs: The hidden army of Indian election ‘consultants’ | India Election 2024
“How many tennis balls can fit in a passenger plane?” Neeraj, a young economics graduate from the premier Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), was given…
The hostility Syrian refugees contend with in Lebanon | Refugees
Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon - On April 9, the night before Eid al-Fitr celebrations got under way in Lebanon, Syrian refugee Hussein came…
Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa | Human Rights
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his…
Farm suicides, anger haunt Indian villages that Modi promised hope | India Election 2024
Yavatmal, India – Like everyone else around him, Vithal Rathod was excited for what the future held for him and their village when Narendra Modi became…
Ukraine welcomes delayed US aid but few say they expect Russia’s defeat | Russia-Ukraine war
Chernihiv, Ukraine – Tamara was pregnant when she had to hide for three weeks in the ice-cold basement of her house in Chernihiv, a northern…
What happens when activists are branded ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines? | Human Rights News
Baguio, Philippines – Inside an unlit bathroom, Windel Bolinget gently tips a pail of water over his head, careful to minimise the sound of splashing…
In Ukraine, low hopes for the liberation of lands occupied by Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Natalya Brovko doesn’t believe that Ukraine will be whole again. In recent months, Ukrainian forces have been slowly retreating in the eastern…
Indian Gulf workers: The unlikely voters parties are wooing for elections | India Election 2024
Thiruvananthapuram, India – The hum of conversation was replaced by a crescendo of high-pitched political slogans in the packed auditorium, as Shafi Parambil took to…
Indian Gulf workers: The unlikely voters parties are wooing for elections | India Election 2024
Thiruvananthapuram, India – The hum of conversation was replaced by a crescendo of high-pitched political slogans in the packed auditorium, as Shafi Parambil took to…
‘Forced’ move: Rwandans grapple with own fears over UK asylum seeker plan | Refugees
Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had…
Residents challenge plans to demolish Melbourne public housing towers | Housing News
Melbourne, Australia – The residents of dozens of public housing towers in the southern Australian city of Melbourne heard the state government was planning to…
Sudan war could lead to more ethnic killings in volatile Darfur region | Conflict
Sudan’s civil war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) could very well trigger a conflict in North Darfur that has impacts…
Turtles swimming to extinction in Malaysia as male hatchlings feel heat | Climate Crisis News
Redang Island, Malaysia – Under a full moon, a bulbous creature emerges from the South China Sea onto a quiet beach on the Malaysian island…
Could shipping containers be the answer to Ghana’s housing crisis? | Housing
Accra, Ghana – At a construction site on the outskirts of Accra, the spirited figure of Eric Kwaku Gyimah directs the flurry of activity. Clad…
‘Children of the Ganges’ – The mallah community of India’s Varanasi | Workers’ Rights
Varanasi, India - “Hum paani ke jeev hain. We are creatures of water,” says 29-year-old Vishwakarma Sahni. Sahni belongs to Varanasi’s community of approximately 8,000…
‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid | Nelson Mandela
“Accused number one” had been speaking from the dock for almost three hours by the time he uttered the words that would ultimately change South…
In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine | Mining
Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband and then walked to guard a barricade in her village in eastern Serbia to stop…
US Congress to vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: What’s the deal? | Politics
United States lawmakers are expected to vote on Saturday evening on three military aid packages for Ukraine, Israel and other allies in the Asia Pacific…
‘When will our good days come?’ The Mumbai cook voting in India’s election | What’s your money worth?
What's your money worth? A series from the front lines of the cost-of-living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses.…