カテゴリー: Africa
We spoke to protesters in Togo, Kenya, Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco about how their actions helped shape the world in 2025Mass protests in Nepal and Madagascar toppled both governments this year, even when the young people at the forefront of the demo…
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre b…
Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is …
Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disastersThis article was produced in partnership between Columbia Journalism Investigations and Documented.Moham…
Odinga, who ran five times for presidency and had profound influence on Kenyan politics, has died in IndiaThe veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country’s politics, h…
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defending their land and communities from destruction – by powerful people and corporations or the climate crisis. The pictures, taken by female ph…
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate IsraelThe international community has a legal and moral duty to deny Israel “the tools of genocide”, the Malaysian foreign minister, Mohama…
Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what drives them onMohamad El Dirany, 24 Continue reading…
Rights group also finds rise in openly gay, bisexual and transgender people running for office in 36 countriesPoliticians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric during elections last year, from depicting LGBTQ+ identity as a f…
Mamdani, who was born in Uganda, has faced backlash in the US over his identity – but in Kampala, Ugandans of Indian descent are unquestioningly considered AfricanAmid the trees clustered with jackfruit and the boda boda motorcycles weaving precariousl…
Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer tiesAn attempt to promote friendship between Japan and countries in Africa has transformed into a xenophobic row about migration after i…
In today’s newsletter: Doctors are sounding the alarm over a surge in cancers and irreversible skin damage linked to bleaching creams, as colourism continues to shape beauty ideals from Africa to AsiaGood morning. The slogan “black is beautiful” rang o…
Deportees include two people from Myanmar, two from Cuba, and one each from Vietnam, Laos and MexicoWar-torn South Sudan has said it is holding a group of eight men controversially deported from the United States.Only one of them is from South Sudan. T…
Caracas describes US government as fascist, Somalia vows to address security and Iranian Americans express regretUS politics live – latest updatesVenezuela has hit back over the Trump administration’s travel ban by warning that the US is a dangerous pl…
With a record number of journalists killed over the past year, four reporters covering conflicts across the world reveal how they dodge death• ‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s IndiaStephen*, 39, is a…