NEST is a Senegalese healthcare company offering comprehensive maternal and child health services. Its aim is to establish a network of healthcare facilities around the country that provide high-quality services for Senegal's middle class. Founded in...

Agrisatch is a medium sized agribusiness based in the small village of Tori northeast of the capital Cotonou. The poultry farm produces quality chicken and large quantities of eggs and has become the leading producer in the country. Its competitive ...

CDS in Mauritania is a venture which provided access to water and electricity in rural communities using renewable sources wherever possible. Founded 38 years ago, and with a staff of 25 employees, the company aims to fill the gap in energy and water...

In the semi-arid border region between Kenya and Somalia lies Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp which, with 330,000 inhabitants, is also one of Kenya's largest cities. First established in 1992 to house the tens of thousands of Somali ...

The Worldwide Human Rights Movement (FIDH) and the Guinean Organisation for the Defence of Human and Citizen Rights (OGDH) have been fighting against impunity and exposing serious human rights violations in Guinea since 2010. These include crimes ...

On 19 February 2017 Iraq's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced the resumption of the offensive on the city of Mosul, which had been under ISIS control since 2014. In the preceding four months, the Iraq Army and various allied militias has ...

On the slopes of Mount Ijen in eastern Java, a group of around 110 local men carry out one of the most demanding and dangerous jobs. Ijen is one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia and while it hasn't erupted since 1999, the crater has filled...

By the time Dafrin Ambotang was four years old, he could already hold his breath and dive down to the coral-strewn sea bed of the lagoon in front of his house. By the age of six, he had speared his first fish. Ambotang belongs to the Bajau people, a ...

In the remote jungle city of Mong La, on Myanmar's border with China, endangered species are sold openly as aphrodisiacs and traditional medicines in the city's animal market. In local restaurants, customers are treated to rare creatures of all ...

On Qeshm island, at the narrowest part of the Straits of Hormuz, an ancient ship building tradition survives that is reminiscent of biblical times in its simplicity and workmanship. The Lenj is a traditional wooden boat, made with planks, that has ...

This series of portraits of refugees seeking asylum in Switzerland was defaced during a public exhibition in a square in Geneva. The original series was produced as part of an anti-racism week, in cooperation with the New York-based Insideout ...

The Yazidis are a religious minority living in the border regions between Syria, Iraq and Turkey. In northern Iraq they are concentrated around the town of Sinjar at the foot of the Sinjar mountains. Their monotheistic faith, which originated in the ...

Once held up as a beacon of hope in Africa, Eritrea is now more often referred to as a militarised camp ruled by an authoritarian regime. Since independence in 1991, Eritrea has had fraught relations with most of its neighbours and mainly features in...

hana no kage aka no tanin wa nakari keri In the shadow of the cherry blossom complete strangers there are none Kobayashi Issa (17621826) Sakura or cherry blossom is intimately identified with Japanese culture. For centuries it has been...

80 years after the 31st Olympiad launched in Rio de Janeiro, the first Games to take part in South America, the facilities for an earlier, highly controversial competition are rusting and crumbling on the outskirts of Berlin. Held three years after ...

The "High Street" is a peculiarly British notion that doesn't necessarily denote a physical street in the traditional sense but describes the commercial and cultural centre of villages, towns and cities across the country where locals congregate to ...