Eastern Libya militia operates illegal pullbacks in Mediterranean
Manning a homonymous vessel, the Tareq Bin Zeyad ventures outside Libya's search and rescue area to pull back boats.
Category Archives: Features
As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go
Hurricanes and rising seas are displacing caskets. What do you do when the climate crisis comes for the dead?
Brothers at ‘war’: Niger citizens bear the brunt of ECOWAS sanctions
The diplomatic standoff between ECOWAS and Niger coup plotters has made life harder for Nigeriens.
Drought and conflict are hurting Kenyan forests. Can the army fix things?
Five seasons of drought and clashes caused by herder migration have shrunk Kenya's forests on a large scale.
‘Carlsberg discriminated against us on a national basis’: Bosniak staffer
In 2014, a staffer asked that a photo of a convicted war criminal was removed from the premises. The legal saga goes on.
The rise, fall and rise again of Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s new security chief
Will Ribadu, celebrated in his first stint in government, succeed in his second or see his reputation dip again?
A test of wills: Can ECOWAS reverse Niger coup and establish a new order?
Niger coup presents a diplomatic dilemma for the West African bloc whose new leadership is keen to entrench a new order.
Father Paolo: Christian monk who disappeared after trying to talk to ISIL
The Italian breathed life into Syria's Mar Musa and championed interreligious understanding, until he disappeared.
In war and peace, the oud never leaves this Syrian musician’s side
Hassan Hamza preserves the craft of making the musical instrument in a country that has seen more than a decade of war.
With no end to the fighting, Sudanese find refuge at camps in Chad
The Sudanese state has turned on itself, leaving humanitarian workers to help civilians trying to survive.
The choir helping people reclaim the voices they lost to cancer
In the UK, people who underwent life-saving surgery to remove their voice boxes sing songs of hope and survival.
Tent city erected outside Israeli Knesset before judicial vote
The encampment is a last-ditch effort made to halt the government's controversial judicial reform plans.
Metgharabiin: Ramy Essam’s story of exile told through his music
Essam's new album Metgharabiin (Outsiders) captures the struggles of Egypt's activists, in prison, exile or silenced.
Concern mounts in East Africa over halted Black Sea grain deal
Analysts say East Africa could experience food shortages due to complications from Russia exiting the grain initiative.
Lithuanian border towns grapple with threat of Russia-Ukraine war
Lithuanians in towns near Belarus feel unsafe despite authorities bolstering border security amid ongoing Ukraine war.
A silent emergency: The rise in suicides among UK doctors
Intense workloads, bullying, lack of support. Why are medics more likely to die by suicide than the general population?
‘No more’: Anti-racism group to monitor UK police after scandals
The Alliance for Police Accountability is launched in the UK on the heels of explosive scandals linked to the police.
A glassblower fights to keep her 600-year-old family craft alive
A Venetian artist is determined to continue her family tradition even as her dream of home ownership fades.
Spain’s snap election: Will the Sánchez gamble pay off?
After his party's severe losses in local polls, Spain's prime minister brought forward the national vote by four months.
‘My home’: The Mozambican electrician who moved to Zimbabwe twice
After fleeing war in Mozambique and then economic peril in Zimbabwe, Luciano Chataika has found a home away from home.