Liz Chicaje: Activist whose fight created a national park
An activist whose efforts to protect land sacred to her indigenous group resulted in the creation of Peru’s Yaguas National Park has been awarded...
Birtukan Mideksa: Ethiopia’s electoral board chairperson
A former political prisoner who went into exile in the US, Birtukan Mideksa is now centre-stage in Ethiopia as she oversees the country’s first parliamentary...
Ethiopia election: A sham or democratic rebirth?
Ethiopia is poised to hold what its prime minister calls the nation’s first attempt at free and fair elections, but it is taking place...
Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia’s independence hero
A man of great personal charm, he was hailed as a modernising force in the continent despite his initial rejection of the concept of multiparty...
Crocodile attack twin: ‘You have to fight for the people you love’
Like all horror stories, Georgia Laurie’s started innocuously enough.
In a vibrant hostel in a tucked-away corner of Puerto Escondido, Mexico, Georgia now sits, freshly...
