International report - Sierra Leonean refugees seeking help in Guinea
Hundreds of Sierra Leoneans have fled to the Guinean capital Conakry, claiming that they had been persecuted by members of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party or SLPP. Most of those who have come...
View ArticleInternational report - Entrepreneurs turn India's largest slum into a...
Dharavi is considered to be India's largest slum. Located in the central area of of Mumbai, its residents have long dealt with problems of infrastructure and security. But now entrepreneurs are...
View ArticleInternational report - Getting Gaza amputees back on their feet
With the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 400 Palestinians from Gaza, whose limbs were amputated following Israeli army attacks, have been able to return to decent jobs that have...
View ArticleInternational report - Fifty Years of Concorde
The first flight of the Franco-British Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft took place fifty years ago this month. The anniversary was marked at the Museum of Air and Aerospace at Le Bourget airport...
View ArticleInternational report - Wiki quests for Africa content
Of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, Africa gets the least coverage. According to Wikipedia this is mainly because many people don’t know that they can donate their images,...
View ArticleInternational report - Zambia grapples with alcoholism
Zambia has a major alcohol problem. That’s according to a report by the World Health Organization that indicates 76 percent of men and 33 percent of women in Zambia consume too much. The report also...
View ArticleInternational report - Thousands of women march 10,000 km across India for...
Over recent months, thousands of women, especially from the rural outback, have walked 10,000 kilometers across India covering 200 districts in 24 states – to raise awareness about the prevalence of...
View ArticleInternational report - Kenya's battle to cut air pollution
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, one in every five cars on the road emits black soot. Vehicles are normally fitted with a device that reduces toxic emissions. Youths comb mechanical shops on the hunt...
View ArticleInternational report - Nigerian-American fashion designer visits migrants in...
Nigerian-American fashion designer Wale Oyejide visited the southern Italian region of Calabria to photograph and film some of the migrants who have helped repopulate the deserted towns of this...
View ArticleInternational report - Zambia's MaFashio Girls
Two millennials, Sekayi and Tukiya Fundafunda, popularly known as MaFashio, have taken the Zambian fashion blogging industry by storm, creating content that celebrates the uniqueness and strangeness...
View ArticleInternational report - Albert Einstein turns 140 on Pi day
Today is the 140th birth anniversary of perhaps the most well known name in the world of science, Albert Einstein. And March 14 is also observed as a Pi Day, as the first three digits of the...
View ArticleInternational report - Senegal sends its largest team to compete in Special...
A delegation of disabled Senegalese athletes is in Abu Dhabi to participate in the Special Olympic Games which continue until March 21st. This will be their 4th participation in these Summer Olympic...
View ArticleInternational report - Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi kicks off with a splash
We’re heading now to the United Arab Emirates, where the Special Olympics World Games are being held. And as correspondent Andy May explains from Abu Dhabi, a record number of countries are taking...
View ArticleInternational report - Didier Drogba shares his enthusiasm for Special...
The Special Olympics World Games are underway in Abu Dhabi. This major sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities, gathers 200 countries. In this report, Chelsea and Cote d'Ivoire...
View ArticleInternational report - Guinea's push for women entrepreneurs
In Guinea Conakry, the government has promised a new program to support women entrepreneurs. President Alpha Conde made this pledge last week during celebrations to mark international women's day in...
View ArticleInternational report - UN report accuses Israeli officials of war crimes in Gaza
A new United Nations' report is calling for Israeli military officials to be brought to justice for alleged war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, over the past several months. Rami...
View ArticleInternational report - World's biggest humanitarian event wraps up in Abu Dhabi
The Special Olympics World Games is to wrap up today in Abu Dhabi. As well as a sporting event for intellectually disabled people, it also happens to be the world’s biggest humanitarian event. The...
View ArticleInternational report - World Water Day: many left behind in Nigeria
Today is World Water Day, dedicated each year to drawing attention to the importance of potable water. The theme for this year is 'Leaving no one behind'. But many are being left behind in Nigeria,...
View ArticleInternational report - Tunisia looks at equal inheritance between men and women
A long-awaited bill in Tunisia allowing men and women to inherit in equal parts is currently being debated by parliament. If passed, the proposed new law would make Tunisia the first Arab country to...
View ArticleInternational report - Ukraine elections: Television comedian is unlikely...
On Sunday March 31st, the first round of the Ukrainian presidential elections will take place with a total of 39 registered candidates. According to elections polls, a popular television comedian and...
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