Martinus Fredericks meets me outside the police station in South Africa’s Atlantis, a somewhat forlorn semi-industrial town on the outskirts of Cape Town. On this winter’s morning, Atlantis is shrouded in fog. After a firm handshake, he leads me across the road into an unmarked building. On the second floor,…
Tea, towels and survival blankets On that same cold, grey morning when I met Hashim and Yusuf, 12 wet, freezing Vietnamese people were walking down a coastal road south of Calais. Their boat had capsized. On their way back from this misadventure, they met a team from the French association…
During the September 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, supports “execution after birth”. ABC News moderator Linsey Davis rebutted Trump’s statement, saying, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to…
Contains references to self-harm, sexual violence, domestic abuse and suicide. A talented hairdresser with a knack for convincing people to get dressed up in fancy dress for parties, Jessica Laverack (affectionately known as Jessie) was the youngest of three siblings, owned 52 pets at one point, and warmly jostled with…
Russia’s war with Ukraine started when it seized Crimea in February 2014, and who ends up in possession of Crimea remains one of the biggest sticking points in ending the war. So far, Ukraine has been unable to take Crimea back by force, and Russia has been unable to defend…
New Delhi, India – It was the middle of April 2022, and spring was still giving way to summer. But India’s capital was on edge. Jahangirpuri, a neighbourhood in the northern peripheries of Delhi, was tense after an altercation between groups of Hindu and Muslim men over a Hindu religious…
Manila, Philippines – With the exception of a few pieces of hanging laundry, the first two floors of 65-year-old Veronica Castillo’s three-storey home are practically empty. “Our belongings are up top. We build our houses upwards here. Every year the floods will scrape the ceilings of the second floor,” Castillo…
Despite her strong ideals, Romman insists a career in politics was “never part of the plan”. Toward the end of 2021, the Georgia Muslim Voter Project asked Romman to join a Zoom call for people interested in running for office. Romman agreed to join and give advice. But then she…
Johannesburg, South Africa – Anita Odunyao Solarin, a 21-year-old Nigerian who has spent her entire life in South Africa, finds it safer not to disclose her West African roots. She does her best to assimilate with her peers and rarely volunteers her origins. This, she says, shields her from persistent…
Bucha, Ukraine – Valentyna beams when she talks about her new vocation – a “witch of Bucha”. That’s the unofficial moniker of almost 100 women aged 19 to 64 who are volunteers in part-time military service in air defence units in the suburban community northwest of Kyiv. Each “Bucha witch”…
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