In 2024, there was a slowdown in the number of migrants traveling from Latin America to the United States, in part due to new policies and controls put in place in the so-called transit countries that migrants pass through on their way north. Migration dynamics are being reshaping by these measures as well as the new U.S. presidential administration’s promises of mass deportations.
The front line is continually shifting in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine, and Russian shelling is causing more and more damage to nearby cities.Active fighting is putting residents in danger in Dobropillia, while residents of Kostyantynivka, around 7 kilometers from the contact line, frequently have disruptions in heating fuel.
One of the last places that families look for signs of their lost loved ones is Sednaya jail, which is well-known for its history of torture and mass executions during the Assad a regime. When rebels freed thousands of prisoners following Bashar al-Assad’s departure, they discovered a sobering truth: bodies buried inside the premises, giving families hope but more frequent heartbreak.
Families are leaving behind tents in the countryside and their lives as refugees abroad to return to Aleppo,Syria’s second-largest city. However, some say they are not yet able to celebrate what they hope would be the end of the 13-year civil war in Syria.
In 2024, voters were busy across the globe, as over a dozen African countries had local, parliamentary, or presidential elections. In some parts of Africa, incumbents experienced severe setbacks, while some long-time dominant parties retained power.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, at least 2,400 children have been dead or injured, according to the most recent UNICEF reports.U.N agency says the war is creating a mental health crisis among children in Ukraine.
Large areas of land in North India have recently been abandoned in ruins as farmers stopped working their fields. This is due in part to the fact that farming the small patches of land they own was not profitable and in part to the fact that stray animals destroy the crops they planted. A group of farmers have now joined forces to restore these wastelands as part of a project that is assisting rural women in increasing their incomes.
The Sednaya Prison, infamously known to as “the human slaughterhouse,” was the destination of many Syrians seeking information about their missing loved ones following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
In Malawi, a new initiative is changing the lives of students and smallholder farmers. The U.N. World Food Program is promoting the Home-Grown School Feeding Program, which is bridging the gap between agriculture and public primary schools, improving student nutrition while providing farmers more economic power.
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria twelve years ago, but his family has received evidence that he is still alive. The overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government has renewed efforts to bring him home.