Despite the fact that Afghanistan’s news media are among the least free in the world due to the Taliban, a new generation of journalists is eager to learn up the necessary skills. Even women, who are not allowed to attend universities in Afghanistan, are finding ways to study.
A business owner from Kiev who is now living in Baltimore, Maryland, founded a nonprofit to aid war-affected Ukrainian children.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a woman-run recycling company in the town of Goma combats plastic pollution and providing work for some of the millions of internally displaced people of the country.
Teens who have experienced traumatic events during the war are being offered specialized summer camps in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine for the second year in a row. According to psychologists, the children are getting help in finding friends and inner strength, rather than concentrating on the trauma.
The militant group Hezbollah was the target of a second wave of explosions that left at least three persons killed and numerous others wounded, and according to Lebanese media. Tuesday’s explosion of pagers that left at least 12 killed and almost 3,000 injured was followed by other electronic communications devices exploded on Wednesday. Hisbollah has vowed retaliation.
Human rights groups have urged Britain not to copy Italy’s approach in trying to reduce the number of migrants arriving on its shores.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to Rome this week to learn more about its success in tackling migration, as a surge of people arrive on small boats across the English Channel.
Fake news about migrants consuming locals’ cats and dogs in the Midwestern state of Ohio has put a small Ohio town at the center of a controversy.
In Pakistan, Nadia Mirza is a well-known journalist. However, her high-profile status does not protect her from online trolls who threaten and target her skills and apperance.According to analysts,the treatment of women in media is a global issue.
National emergency officials in northeastern Nigeria say that severe flooding has killed at least 30 persons and affected over a million others. It is expected that there will be more fatalities.Meanwhile, there is despair in the camps housing hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have limited access to services and food aid.
An estimated 1 million people have been affected by the severe floods in Nigeria’s northern Borno state, officials estimate. People have been forced to flee to temporary shelters due to widespread destruction to property.