Thanks to his office, Donald Trump is becoming richer. His behaviour fits a well-known pattern of corruption. The hope for the US mid-term elections in early November is that people have noticed.

Young women in Delhi choose safer routes and carry pepper spray out of fear of sexual violence. After another shocking ...

As Sudan’s capital is slowly recovering from having been a theatre of war for two years, grassroots book fairs and cycling ...

Crystal meth, fentanyl and other drugs that are made in a laboratory are a booming business with global supply chains. Mexico ...

On the Indonesian volcanic island of Flores, a state-owned company is pushing ahead with controversial geothermal projects in ...

The city of Wazirabad is famous for its handcrafted cutlery. But workers who spend decades grinding and polishing metal can ...

In 2004, the African Peace Facility (APF) was established to support regional peace and security missions. It was funded by the European Union (EU) through the European Development Fund; the missions ...

China has undeniably come to play a key part in Africa’s development story. The crucial question now is whether African countries can shape this role in line with their own visions.

In her first few days at school, Chanda was absolutely thrilled, like so many children: she held a pencil in her hand for the first time, got to explore a new environment and made new friends. A whole ...

Every evening in a small village in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan, 55-year-old Zainab Bibi places her son’s dinner plate on the kitchen floor before quietly putting it away untouched. It has ...

Many smallholder coffee farmers face the challenge of estimating their yields as accurately as possible before the harvest so that they can respond to fluctuations. They usually do this manually, ...

Historically, India has extracted and exported raw rare earth concentrates while relying heavily on imports of processed rare earths. In the 2024–25 fiscal year, it brought in over 53,000 metric ...