‘Ready for rescue’: Saving refugee lives in the Mediterranean Sea
On board a Doctors Without Borders search and rescue ship along one of the world’s deadliest migration routes.
Category Archives: Features
Occupy to survive: Brazilians squat to fight for housing rights
Many low-income people have taken over Sao Paulo’s vacant buildings to avoid living on the streets.
Stereotypes, violence keep women out of politics in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, a deeply conservative country, fewer women have participated as candidates in elections, compared to men.
‘I forgive you’: Indigenous school survivor awaits pope’s apology
As Pope Francis visits Canada, a survivor of the Ermineskin residential school hopes to hear an apology - in person.
The Kyiv museum staff who stayed to protect cherished artefacts
Cultural heritage workers are safeguarding valuable artefacts as well as those signifying Ukrainian statehood.
Baba was Ukrainian, Papa was Russian: A tale of two dumplings
A homesick Australian writer makes her babushka’s Ukrainian and Russian dumplings to recall treasured family meals.
The Indian woman who married herself
Inspired by Netflix show, Kshama Bindu, 24, tied knot with herself last month in first example of 'sologamy' in India.
Five things to know about inflation and how it is affecting us
Why inflation is happening across the globe, and what the pandemic and war in Ukraine mean for food and energy prices.
Ivory Coast’s controversial polygamy bill: All you need to know
The bill to make polygyny legal in the West African state has sparked a debate online and offline over women's rights.
Meet Mo Fit: The Somali trainer fighting obesity in Mogadishu
Mohamed Abdi, popularly known as Mo Fit, says he wants to change what Somalis see as the ideal body image.
How we remember them: The friend who died too young
How do you eulogise a friendship of 19 years? The best I can do is say I did too little while he did too much.
The black-opal hunters of outback Australia
For miners in Lightning Ridge, the search for one of the world’s most coveted gems is as alluring as the stone itself.
Senegal protests poke holes in its longstanding image of stability
Senegal is often lauded abroad as a beacon of stability in West Africa, but its reputation is at risk of slipping.
Analysis: How Uganda’s ‘eyes and ears’ prolong Museveni presidency
A nationwide network of district commissioners loyal to the president has been crucial to his time in power since 1986.
Farmers watch crops wither amid Italy’s worst drought in 70 years
Italy's farmers cope with the worst drought in 70 years that prompted the government to declare a state of emergency.
The WhatsApp group helping Nigerian women with fertility issues
This Nigerian-founded WhatsApp group is helping women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome beat stigma and find solutions.
The Ivorian power triangle shuffling the presidency for 30 years
President Ouattara and his immediate predecessors are meeting for the first time since 2010. The outcome may be crucial.
‘Everything is dry’: Kenya droughts put herding cultures at risk
In Kenya's northern Marsabit County, nomadic livestock herders worry about the future of their traditional way of life.
AU’s 20th anniversary brings mixed feelings on continental legacy
Experts say inconsistency in the African Union's responses to conflict on the continent has muted the body’s efficiency.
One of India’s last royal khansamas, and his raan kabab
On Eid al-Adha, writer Tarana Khan recalls a unique raan kabab prepared by one of the last royal cooks of Rampur.