At least 13 Palestinians have been killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli troops and American security contractors opened fire on crowds waiting for…
Southern Shan State, Myanmar – Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand…
Many of the world’s poorest countries are due to make record debt repayments to China in 2025 on loans extended a decade ago, at the…
Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Public spending cuts across six African countries have resulted in the incomes of health and education workers falling by up to 50 percent in five…
101 East investigates the downfall of Bangladesh’s ruthless regime and goes inside the fight to reclaim democracy.Enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings: The human rights abuses…
Harare, Zimbabwe – Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East province, was violently invaded by…
The capital struggles as the Ndjili River overflows, leaving drivers stranded, and infrastructure collapses.Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the…
On February 7, the White House cut aid to South Africa, citing a nonexistent threat to white farmers from government land expropriation. To see what…
The US fell to its lowest-ever ranking in the 2025 edition of the World Happiness Report amid rising social isolation and political polarisation, while Finland…
To privatise or not to privatise? People & Power explores the ideological debate over Argentina’s most beloved sport.The government of Argentina has placed football at…
Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen floor of her family’s home when her parents entered the room. The…
Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she has nurtured from a seedling, anxiously searching for its first fruit buds…
US State Department says overseas development and aid programmes to be cut by $54bn.The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and…
Humanitarian assistance experts have warned agency’s demise will harm vulnerable people and weaken US soft power.The administration of United States President Donald Trump is moving…
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, has confirmed Cairo is ‘actively developing’ a reconstruction plan for Gaza.The Egyptian government is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza…
Hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would levy reciprocal tariffs on…
As the United States winds back humanitarian assistance in Southeast Asia, its rival China may see an opportunity to expand its influence in a region…
United States President Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa in an escalation of a rift between his administration and Pretoria over a controversial…
People & Power explores the role of Lebanese citizens in the absence of the state.Lebanon is struggling with yet another humanitarian crisis following Israel’s two-month-long…