'The world's memory': why Nigeria is preserving its history in a mountain vault in Svalbard
A decommissioned coal mine near the North Pole is the last place you’d expect to find Indigenous stories from rural…
Category: Global development
Global development
My journey to sexual freedom: what ancient African wisdom can teach us about pleasure today
In the kitchen of my Airbnb in Dar es Salaam, I stripped down to my underwear and wrapped a colorful…
In Search of a Miracle: What's Behind the Disappearance of Dugongs from Thailand's Coasts?
A solitary figure stands on the shore of Thailand’s Tang Khen Bay. The tide is slowly rising over the sandy…
We can be heroes: inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part one
In 2012, Adana Omágua Kambemba traveled 4,000 kilometers from her home in Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon, to take up…
Six mayors worldwide are taking real steps against climate change, challenging populist leaders who deny the issue.
This week, wooden stakes displaying photos of young men were placed in the yellow sands of Copacabana beach, facing the…
"I feel broken": Thousands of South Sudanese are stranded, unable to return home, and facing severe hardship.
Thousands of South Sudanese who fled war-torn Sudan are now stranded in a border town after aid cuts halted their…
A new anti-gay law in an African country, previously considered relatively safe, has shocked the community with its harsh penalties, including prison sentences, fines, and social exclusion.
“For my own safety, I’ve become much more distrustful. I’ve shut myself off and try to avoid talking to certain…
Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored
We, the daughters of Mother Earth, have gathered to decide together how we can create a world where our children…
Journalists have faced a high number of casualties during the war in Gaza.
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I sit by myself and speak to no one but me: a family torn apart by Europe's migration crisis.
Every morning, Zahia leaves the home she shares with her four grandchildren in the Algerian coastal city of Bou Ismaïl…