The Christian Science Monitor • 30th June 2025

In Sudan, a bride and her village celebrate love in a time of war

The Sudanese are living in dire times. But in the Nuba Mountains, a community is determined, in spite of great hardship, to come together for a celebration of love and family.

The New Humanitarian • 25th June 2025

Aid blocked as “unimaginable suffering” grips Sudan’s Nuba Mountains

The impact of the conflict has been especially severe in the Nuba Mountains.

Foreign Policy • 3rd June 2025

Syria’s Missing Children

Children of detainees disappeared in orphanages. As many remain unaccounted for, their relatives fear the worst.

Huck Magazine • 29th May 2025

After Assad’s fall, Syria’s musicians rebuild from the rubble

Following decades of dictatorship and 14 years of civil war, the country’s classical and creative scenes have an opportunity to build from scratch.

The Telegraph • 28th May 2025

‘The worst we’ve ever seen’: Cholera wards buckle as South Sudan races to contain deadly outbreak

The country’s epidemic, which began last October, has spiralled out of control and has already claimed more than 1,000 lives.

POLITICO • 21st May 2025

18 hours in the making of a president: Inside Nicușor Dan’s election win

Romania’s new leader told POLITICO how he will approach international affairs and what he will do to rebuild trust in a democracy.

POLITICO • 18th May 2025

In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy

The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics amid threats of reprisals in the bitterly fought Romanian election.

The Guardian • 17th May 2025

‘Between a mathematician and a Trump-loving hooligan’: Romania’s stark presidential choice

The results of the election rerun could alter the future of the country, which is suffering under political divisions

FairPlanet • 12th May 2025

Syrians return to the ruins of looted and destroyed homes

After the fall of the Assad regime, displaced Syrians return to their homes in Homs, one of the country’s most devastated cities.

The Washington Post • 27th April 2025

Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at the upcoming conclave.

POLITICO • 28th March 2025

The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West

Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge Romania's election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says candidate Nicușor Dan.

Al Jazeera • 2nd March 2025

Syria’s White Helmets continue to help people in devastated Aleppo

The group turns a military base in Aleppo into an emergency response hub, replacing tanks with fire trucks and ambulances.

The Guardian • 24th February 2025

‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their Damascus flat is bittersweet.

POLITICO • 23rd December 2024

How Putin won the Romanian election

Voters on NATO’s eastern flank were already ripe for Moscow’s manipulation, after decades of misrule.

POLITICO • 5th December 2024

Romania’s pro-Europeans fear Putin is pushing them back to dictatorship

Far-right NATO-skeptic Călin Georgescu is on track to win the Romanian presidency, thanks to a Russia-influenced campaign.

The New Humanitarian • 10th July 2024

How the Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion endangers Congolese Tutsi

The war between DRC's military and the Tutsi-led M23 armed group is impacting the country’s Rwandophone Tutsi communities.

Balkan Insight • 27th June 2024

From Tech Boom To Housing Crisis: The Growing Pains of Romania’s Cluj

Seattle, Barcelona, Bengaluru – and Cluj-Napoca. Welcome to the Romanian student city trampled under the march of tech-driven gentrification.

Al Jazeera • 8th April 2024

Where Rwanda’s genocide perpetrators and survivors live side by side

A man killed his friend’s husband because he was Tutsi. Now he and his victim’s widow live together in a village designed for reconciliation.

The Christian Science Monitor • 12th March 2024

In Senegal, domestic violence survivors craft hope in silver

A group of women who survived domestic violence is using silversmithing to heal their trauma and challenge gender norms.

New Lines Magazine • 10th January 2024

Senegal’s Woman Caliph

In one of the country’s most patriarchal structures, a family line of women scholars has upended traditional ideas.

Middle East Eye • 17th December 2023

Chad replaces Sudan as regional meat exporter as war strangles sector

Countries like Egypt seek Chad for meat imports as Sudan no longer fulfils needs at pre-war rate.

Forbes Africa • 13th December 2023

‘Meat’ In The Middle: Can Chad Become A Livestock Exports Powerhouse?

What stands in the way of meat production becoming an effective economic and development tool for Chad?

Scena9 • 28th September 2023

The complicated history of the utopia founded by a Romanian artist in Israel

The village of Ein Hod is an artists' colony founded by the Romanian avant-garde artist Marcel Iancu. Its walls tell a twisted and often dark story. (Romanian)

New Lines Magazine • 18th August 2023

The Witches Want Justice

After Yahya Jammeh brutalized his people, the reconciliation process is at a crossroads.