"After leaving many years ago I returned to find a country frozen in time. Whilst London had flourished, the communities of the economic north were left behind. Cities once full of factories were filled with foodbanks, barbershops and fading hopes." ...

In June 2025, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new railway line that for the first time connects New Delhi to Kashmir. Carving through the Himalayas with its 36 tunnels and 943 bridges, it spans 272 kilometers of railway tracks. ...

Since the discovery of the first South African diamond in 1867, the country's mining industry has generated extraordinary wealth for outsiders and elites, yet few of the benefits have trickled down to local communities in mining areas, which remain among...

The Nomadic Fulani are one of the largest nomadic groups in the world, spread over 20 countries in West and Central African Sahel. Year after year they herd livestock across the hot, arid lands of the Sahel, the region below the Sahara, in search of ...

"Today, I'm going to eat three kilograms of pork and noodles." In the small, specially fitted-out studio in his brand new apartment, Ami-Ami (32) announces her menu of the day. Positioned in front of the young woman an array of smartphones, lights ...

When can I go back to school? Thats the first question many children across Latin America start their day with. For millions in the region, theres often no guarantee that their school will be open, accessible, or safe that day. Classrooms caught in ...

The Karapinar district of Konya, the largest province in Turkey, is one of the driest parts of the country. Over the past two decades, as a result of decreasing rainfall due to climate change and excessive use of groundwater for agricultural activities, ...

For most of the twentieth century, the Zambian town of Kabwe was home to one of the world's largest lead mines. During that time, mining and smelting operations released toxic particles that left large parts of the town severely contaminated with lead. ...

Over a few days in March 2022, 92 people, including bus drivers, street vendors and shoppers, were killed in El Salvador, victims of what appeared to be random gang violence. Shortly after, President Nayib Bukele declared a 'state of emergency', ...

Weda Bay on Halmahera, an island in the North Maluku province of Indonesia, now accounts for 17% of global nickel production. Indonesia, in turn, holds 42% of the worlds reserves. The costs to the environment of extracting it, however, are mounting. ...

Now common in the U.S. and other parts of the Global North, luxury pet hotels have arrived in South Africa. And the industry is booming. But in what remains the world's most unequal country, with millions living below the poverty line and decades-long ...

At 5.8 per 100,000 inhabitants., Colombia has one of the lowest suicide rates but in its indigenous communities it climbs to one of the highest. This is a phenomenon reported among ethnic minorities world-wide from the Sami in Scandinavia, to first ...

As many as 600,000 people are thought to have died in the brutal war between Tigray and Ethiopia from 2020 - 2022, far more than the war in Ukraine. Yet it is a conflict that was and continues to be largely ignored by the world's media. A conflict in ...

eco-sustainable practices. Skirting the coastline for around 500km and covering an area of over 10,000 square kilometres, the Wadden Sea is a complex ecosystem where man learns to coexist with nature. This immense wetland, shaped by the strong tides ...

Ten years ago, El Hierro staked everything on sustainability and renewable energy. Today the small Canary Island faces another epochal challenge: migration from Africa, a phenomenon that is turning it into the Lampedusa of the Atlantic "We can't go on...

As Ethiopia slowly emerges from a devastating civil war, an unexpected revolution is taking shape on the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital. Every Saturday, a group of young women gathers at the city's only skatepark, transforming it into a space of ...