How Venezuela’s recent history can inform its present-day election crisis | Elections News 4 SeptemberJohn Adams Already, the toll of the current political unrest has been high. Since the July election, at least 23 people have died in Venezuela’s [...]
Creating hope for Gaza’s student doctors amid Israeli bombardment | Israel-Palestine conflict 28 AugustJohn Adams Gaza City – Before October 2023, Ezz ad-Din Lulu, or just “Ezz”, enjoyed sketching people he saw on the streets. With his charcoal [...]
The shepherd of the sea guiding small boats home to safety in South Africa | Environment 25 AugustJohn Adams Hondeklip Bay, South Africa – Before day breaks on a cloudy morning in Hondeklip Bay, a small fishing village in South Africa’s semi-arid [...]
Lemon trees, safety, hope: Memories of my Gaza home before war came | Gaza 18 AugustJohn Adams When Israel’s war on Gaza began and we got ready to leave our house, I packed makeup and a favourite book – items [...]
‘A dream’: How the Americas’ first free town took its independence back | Arts and Culture News 11 AugustJohn Adams San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia – Overlooking the usually sleepy, languid town of San Basilio de Palenque is a statue of Benkos Bioho, [...]
Tanzania wants to evict Maasai for wildlife – but they’re fighting back | Human Rights 5 AugustJohn Adams Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – Joseph Oleshangay’s theory is that government officials in his country, Tanzania, see people from his community as less than human. [...]
‘I’m scared, but I’ll carry on’: Venezuelans caught between hope and fear | Protests News 3 AugustJohn Adams Caracas, Venezuela – As dark clouds hung above an unusually empty street in the neighbourhood of Petare, Eglle Camacho started to hear a [...]
‘Opening horizons’: Why Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo champions women | Arts and Culture 1 AugustJohn Adams Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian actor and filmmaker Dian Sastrowardoyo started her career as a model when she was just a teenager, hoping to [...]
‘Trapped in the past:’ How some US states restrict voting after felonies | US Election 2024 News 1 AugustJohn Adams For Mason, the trouble started in 2016. A mother of three, she had recently been released from custody after serving a sentence for [...]
In India’s Assam, ‘hopes dashed’ for high returns on oil palm production | Business and Economy 31 JulyJohn Adams Jorhat, India: Priya Ram Duwarah has planted 60 oil palm seedlings in his half-hectare (1.2 acres) of agricultural land at Mohara village in [...]