The US fell to its lowest-ever ranking in the 2025 edition of the World Happiness Report amid rising social isolation and political polarisation, while Finland…
To privatise or not to privatise? People & Power explores the ideological debate over Argentina’s most beloved sport.The government of Argentina has placed football at…
Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen floor of her family’s home when her parents entered the room. The…
Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she has nurtured from a seedling, anxiously searching for its first fruit buds…
US State Department says overseas development and aid programmes to be cut by $54bn.The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and…
Humanitarian assistance experts have warned agency’s demise will harm vulnerable people and weaken US soft power.The administration of United States President Donald Trump is moving…
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza.The Egyptian government is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza…
Hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would levy reciprocal tariffs on…
As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand its influence in a region…
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration and Pretoria over a controversial…
People & Power explores the role of Lebanese citizens in the absence of the state.Lebanon is struggling with yet another humanitarian crisis following Israel’s two-month-long…
Announcement comes as US President Donald Trump confirms he is considering eliminating the aid agency.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered nearly…
The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that…
Mumbai, India – Prema Salgaonkar wakes up hours before dawn and begins to cook food in her suburban Mumbai home to sell. Her son, Amar…
A United States judge has temporarily blocked an order from President Donald Trump to freeze funding for a wide range of federal programmes. Tuesday’s decision came…
European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct the war-ravaged country and build bridges with its new leaders.Some European Union sanctions on Syria will…
Experts say Trump administration’s order to halt foreign assistance will ‘cost many, many lives’.The head of the United Nations has expressed concern about President Donald…
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brings together the world’s most influential leaders with the stated aim of improving global economic conditions. This year,…
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while coaches and siblings of players…
Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via the official border post but…