‘Heartbreaking’ conditions in US migrant child camp
At a US border detention centre in the Texan desert, migrant children have been living in alarming conditions - where disease is rampant, food...
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...
