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‘Liar! Ojoro ni yeh! 419!’ The culmination of words outside my hut felt like stones. One of the voices was from a young boy no older than twelve. That hurt the most. ‘Give me back my yam!’ The yelling and shouting continued until they were tired and stopped. The silence arrived with a sense of comfort – temporary but welcome. I stared at the masquerade costume passed down by my father and before…
On May 24, 2024, after taking money from an ATM at Mandala public residence in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Mikael Sitanggang was curious about a riot that happened nearby. He joined his friends sitting near a railroad to see the riot from a distance. (image) Would you like us to summarize articles for you? ARTICLE SUMMARY In North Sumatra, two Indonesian families are fighting for justice after…
‘We are the active eyes, we constantly see the changes, both positive and negative,’ Tony Scontrino told FairPlanet with the calm of someone who has decades of diving experience. His diving centre Saracen sits wedged between a fishmonger and a poultry shop on a narrow street in Isola delle Femmine, a small town on Sicily’s northwestern coast, just minutes from the sea. In the same interview,…
Jonasi Gomora is currently one of Africa’s most debated and hated men. A wealthy, self-made businessman, he rose from the township of Soweto to a life of luxury in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has built a thriving business empire and what appears to be a perfect family with his wife, Joyce, and their two children. Beneath this polished image, however, Jonasi secretly juggles multiple wives and…
When Grace Nakato* (name changed) crossed from Uganda into Kenya two years ago, she was following a job lead in Nairobi’s wholesale district. She arrived with her young son, who had been treated for asthma at a clinic in Kampala. The clinic had his records, but she did not think to ask for a copy. (image) Would you like us to summarize articles for you? ARTICLE SUMMARY Across Africa, migrants who…
India contradicts its constitutional equality by decriminalising queerness almost a decade ago, but continues to ban blood donations by gay men, transgender persons, and sex workers.
In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the impact of climate change is evident. In a particularly tragic incident in May 2026, powerful unseasonal storms, rain and lightning killed at least 111 people . The heavy rains, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms, uprooted trees, damaged transmission wires and houses across 26 districts in the state. State authorities said that…
In 2022, Zimbabwe announced plans to build a ‘cyber city’ near the capital, Harare. Branded ‘Zim Cyber City’ , the project sits in the rural area of Mount Hampden on a site of 185,000 square metres, according to officials. The project promises luxury villas, free-trade zones, and Dubai-style shopping malls. Led by UAE-based Mulk International , it is designed around cryptocurrency services and…
The kilns are lit before dawn. By mid-morning in the brick belt districts of central India, temperatures have climbed past 45 degrees Celsius , and the workers — backs bent, faces scarved against the dust — have already been at it for hours. For Madhura Ghane or Mahi G , a rapper from Maharashtra’s Mahadev Koli tribal community, these images are not metaphor. They are memory. ‘Back scorched in the…
As bullets tore through a minibus on the road to Kabul in 2014, an 18-year-old Afghan girl lay motionless among the dead and wounded, smearing menstrual blood across her face in a desperate bid to survive a Taliban attack. Eleven years later, that same woman stood atop Mount Everest, having overcome war, discrimination, personal loss and extraordinary odds to reach the highest point on Earth.…
In Nigeria's conflict zones, one NGO is using support groups and free supplements to halve child malnutrition rates.