US opioid crisis: Hope for new approach as naloxone machines spread in 2023 | Drugs News
Washington, DC – It was a hot summer day in July when Shekita McBroom received a phone call from a local hair salon. The stylist…
‘You either quit or abide’: A Liberian rapper refugee surviving on music | Refugees
Theophylline Mulbah has had a long journey to Tunisia, but he’s found hope — and music — along the way. Theophylline Mulbah is in no…
Arkadag FC all-conquering in a bizarre football season in Turkmenistan | Football
There is a new power in Central Asian football and, a year ago, it did not even exist. Turkmenistan’s Arkadag FC kicked their first-ever ball…
Economic downturn punctures joy of festive season in Nigeria | Business and Economy
Lagos, Nigeria – Chinenye Ikechukwu’s Decembers are usually dotted with concerts, parties, and restaurant and beach outings with friends. But this year, the 27-year-old resident…
‘No way to leave’: Sudan paramilitary traps civilians in breadbasket state | Conflict News
When Sudan’s second largest city, Wad Madani, fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on December 18, Afnan Hind and her family fled to a…
Photos: 2023 – a year in pictures | In Pictures
From the Israel-Hamas war to Russia’s grinding battles against Ukraine, 2023 has shown the dangers of armed conflicts breaking out into region-wide combat. It has…
‘The revolution will continue’: Syrian protestors vow ahead of 2024 | Syria’s War News
Sweida, Syria – On Friday, people carried red flowers, flags and banners as they headed towards Freedom Square in the city centre to take part…
‘Collective punishment’: Ethiopia drone strikes target civilians in Amhara | Armed Groups
Weeks after a deadly drone attack on November 30 killed five civilians in the town of Wegel Tena in Ethiopia’s Amhara region about 570km (350…
Bombed, then stabbed: West Bank doctors recall horrors of refugee camp raid | Israel-Palestine conflict
The Israeli raids on the Nur Shams and Fawwar refugee camps followed a pattern of deadly assaults that have killed more than 300 people in…
Photos: Israel’s war on Gaza’s children | Israel-Palestine conflict
More than 8,663 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, according to the government media office, which added that…
‘Nothing for me in Cameroon’: Waiting in Tunisia, one eye on Europe | Refugees
Having lost everything and everyone precious to him, Joseph tries to hold things together, waiting to leave Africa. Joseph Afumbom is a big man who…
Heartbreak in Zimbabwe park: Elephants’ desperate hunt for water | Climate Crisis
Storm clouds are finally gathering over Zimbabwe’s biggest animal reserve, but it has come too late for more than 110 elephants that have died in…
‘Piles of body parts’: Gaza’s Maghazi residents find families ‘in pieces’ | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – It has been four days since Gaza’s smallest refugee camp was pounded in yet another series of Israeli air strikes,…
Under the rubble: The missing in Gaza | Interactive News
Every morning, 51-year-old Yasser Abu Shamala goes to the place where his family’s house once stood in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. He…
In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia | Politics News
On May 30, the United States accused China of intercepting one of its spy planes in an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” over the South China Sea.…
When death metal becomes one of 84,000 ways to practise Buddhism | Music
Taipei, Taiwan – In the past few years, many of Taiwan’s largest music festivals have seen the unlikely ensemble of a shaven Buddhist nun introducing…
Displaced Palestinian mother in Gaza gives birth to quadruplets | Israel-Palestine conflict
Iman al-Masry is simply exhausted after giving birth to quadruplets in a hospital in southern Gaza, miles away from her home in the north of…
Donald Trump stumbled in 2022. How is he leading the 2024 race? | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – “Florida man makes announcement.” That’s how the New York Post, a right-wing tabloid, described the launch of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign last…
Political crisis in Nigerian oil capital sparks fears of more economic woes | Oil and Gas
Abuja, Nigeria – On October 30, oil-rich Rivers State, Nigeria’s oil capital, became the latest hub of political drama in the country following the state…
‘Switch to defence’: Ukraine faces difficult 2024 amid aid, arms setbacks | Russia-Ukraine war
Kyiv, Ukraine – Whenever Svitlana Matvienko hears the wailing of air raid sirens, she goes down to the nearby subterranean shopping mall. There, a barista she’s on…