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A month after the Kakhovka dam disaster in Ukraine, the upstream reservoir that has provided the region with water, power, and food since the 1950s has turned into a heap of dried-up fish carcasses and puddles next to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The Minnesota-based company Epimona, which was founded by a former refugee, turns material from life jackets worn by refugees into accessories and other clothing items.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv and its Western allies have opened a new center in The Hague that will investigate Russian officials for the crime of aggression.
Nigerian authorities have urged citizens avoid consuming cooked animal hides, a delicacy also known as “pomo” in the country, following an outbreak of the anthrax disease in the West African country of Ghana.
Women in the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India are using pine needles to make items as part of an initiative that provides them livelihood opportunities and reduce the risk of forest fires.
According to a new report, journalists in Ecuador are at increased risk due to threats, letter bombs, and attempted murders.
According to the U.N., 2.5 million people have already been forced from their homes by the war in Sudan, with about 80% of those people being internally displaced.
Japan has accepted some 2,300 Ukrainians under the status of evacuees since the conflict in their country began. For a country that welcomed 74 refugees from all across the world in 2021, this is an unprecedented number.
More than 100 Kenyan traders are suing the government, saying that Chinese-owned companies are illegally undercutting their prices. Many Kenyan consumers are, however, pleased with the competitive prices.
Mina Akbari is again working as a journalist after fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is reporting for diaspora media from her new home in Pakistan.