Total war: How Ukraine mobilised a country as Russia overreached
Despite perceptions of Russia's military strength, Ukraine has been able to slow the Russian advance. We examine how.
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Diary from Ukraine: Crossing into Poland, ‘I can exhale at last’
As Zakhida and her family cross the border into Poland, they find both freedom and homesickness on the other side.
Diary from Ukraine: ‘Terrified we’d be separated while fleeing’
This weekend, Zakhida Adylova decided to flee Kyiv for Lviv in the west with her family.
Murdered women: Adiba Parveen, the quietest girl in the valley
When the recently married resident of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province disappeared, her family feared the worst.
Analysis: Is Russia repeating mistakes of past wars in Ukraine?
Putin may have anticipated a repeat of Russia's seizure of Crimea, but what we have seen is more similar to Chechnya.
Diary from Kyiv: I fear what the seizure of a power plant means
Day 9. A captured power plant, fatigue in people's eyes and baking bread out of necessity.
Diary from Kyiv: My daughter, 11, is teaching me to stay positive
Day 8: Today, I feel empty inside, but my mother's wisdom and my daughter's positivity give me hope.
Analysis: Can Nigeria’s new electoral law inspire a new era?
For years, Nigeria's president repeatedly rejected amendments to the electoral law and his approval may not change much.
The Afghan revolutionary who took on the Soviets and patriarchy
In 1977, Meena began a resistance movement to fight for women’s rights and defy imperial occupation in Afghanistan.
Diary from Kyiv: ‘I’m staying in my home no matter what happens’
From the bathroom of her home in Kyiv, Zakhida Adylova documents five days of war.
The climate crisis: Arming the enemy from within
Banks and big corporations are still pouring billions into coal and oil, making climate breakdown harder to beat.
Breeding project boosts Iberian lynx numbers from 94 to 1,100
Saving the endangered feline in Spain and Portugal has been a European effort over the past 20 years.
Ukraine: A view from a city ‘frozen in horror’
Russia is like a robber who has broken into our home and destroyed everything, writes a resident of eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine: ‘There were so many people willing to give blood today’
How Ukrainian citizens and the diaspora are rallying to help those on the front line – and each other.
The Somali general fighting al-Shabab and the patriarchy
Somalia’s highest-ever ranking female police officer is charting a new path for its male-dominated security forces.
Small businesses hurting from recurring fuel scarcity in Nigeria
Africa's largest oil producer is once again in the throes of a recurrent fuel scarcity issue.
Books across borders: Rebuilding Gaza’s destroyed bookshop
How donors and patrons came together to help save and support a literary institution destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.
Angola’s climate refugees on ‘a journey with no end’
Thousands have undertaken the dangerous trek to neighbouring Namibia in search of food and water.
‘Sending a message’: Lebanese act out their pain in a play
Get to Know Each Other is a play but also part of a wider social programme that includes group psychological support.
The backyard astronomers turning stargazing into space portraits
For space enthusiasts the world over, astrophotography is a hobby, an art, a science - and sometimes an obsession.