Q&A: Uganda’s Museveni on staying in power, rights abuses
The Museveni administration has repeatedly been accused of muzzling dissenting voices in the country since 1986.
Category Archives: Features
Ivory Coast battles chocolate companies to improve farmers’ lives
Ivory Coast is the world’s top cocoa-producing country but receives just 4% of the $100bn chocolate industry's profits.
‘By the skin of our teeth’: A UK foster carer’s monthly costs
How a freelance copywriter overseeing a household of eight navigates a tight monthly budget.
Anti-racist faces trial for defaming neo-Nazi in Portugal
Neo-Nazi activist Mario Machado accuses anti-racism campaigner Mamadou Ba of 'injuring his honour' on social media.
Which European nations are handling the energy crisis best?
France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Greece are doing some things right, but face challenging times ahead, say experts.
Niger Delta decries slow cleanups, decades after oil spills
Residents say response slow, rehabilitation of Nigerian oil-rich state's environment must speed up.
World Cup mural gig helps Doha artist turn hobby into lifeline
Filipino painter Michael Conjusta was hired by Qatari authorities to paint graffiti murals during the 2022 World Cup.
Cameroonian families torn apart by Anglophone crisis detentions
Six years into a crisis between Cameroon's Francophone gov't and its two anglophone regions, families bear the brunt.
The Indian waiter with an ‘encyclopaedic’ knowledge of football
In a bustling Doha restaurant, Abbas Koori shares his love of the sport and command of football trivia with customers.
Could far-right AfD weaponise Germany’s cost-of-living crisis?
Some fear the Alternative for Germany party could be re-galvanised to regain lost political ground amid the downturn.
Frank Soo: English football’s history-maker
When footballer Frank Soo stepped out at Ninian Park in 1942, he became the first non-white player to represent England.
‘Hurting people’: The ‘cover-up teams’ operating on the US border
When Border Patrol pursuits of migrant vehicles have led to accidents, an opaque unit has been among those responding.
The Indian soldier who vanished on a glacier 38 years ago
The widow of a soldier whose body was found on Siachen Glacier this summer always hoped he would ‘come home someday’.
‘Broke all the time’: A carpenter and coder’s monthly costs
In Louisiana, side hustles and scrimping keep Aman afloat but it is getting tougher to cover basic expenses.
‘Justice delayed’ in Texas city where police killed a Black woman
Deep racial divides and lack of reform plague Fort Worth three years after Atatiana Jefferson was shot by white officer.
‘Relish this moment, forget about the war’: Yemenis on World Cup
For some in the Yemeni capital, the tournament provides a welcome break from discussions about the continuing conflict.
Racing to develop Africa’s next-gen vaccines before new pandemic
How scientists across Africa plan to use mRNA technology to fight diseases and tackle inequities in global health.
‘Struggling’: An Indian wedding photographer’s monthly expenses
A video editor and photographer scrambles to support his family and afford his sons' education.
‘I was desperate’: Young job seekers scammed, abused in Nigeria
Predators and fraudsters are exploiting vulnerable unemployed Nigerians, and the costs are sometimes deadly.
Belgium v Morocco: Can’t choose ‘between my father and my mother’
In the Belgian capital, some residents of Moroccan heritage say it is 'hard to choose' a side in the upcoming match.