As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?
The era of cheap food may be ending as climate change, conflict and widespread poverty make food harder to grow and afford – but key policy shifts could help
OPINION: What can we learn from prior food price shocks?
As the Russia-Ukraine war threatens food supplies, history can provide a guide to effective action
From Kazakhstan to Ethiopia, the growing internet shutdown
The economic cost of internet shutdowns around the world was $5.5 billion in 2021, a 36% increase on the previous year, say tech experts
One in eight children found at risk of becoming child soldiers
Charity calls for measures to ensure access to education to protect children from forced recruitment by armed groups
Bridging Africa's digital divide: The rise of community internet
In villages and townships, Africans are building their own internet infrastructure to connect, and protect, the unconnected
SIMs to leaflets: Sudanese find ways to skirt net outage
From using international SIM cards to deploying relatives in the diaspora to relay information, Sudanese citizens are finding ways to communicate in a bid to circumvent telecommunications restrictions imposed after the military seized power last week.
In a first, U.S. warns of dangers of systemic racism in human trafficking report
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says systemic racism creates inequities which undermines efforts to tackle human trafficking
Lebanon's migrant pump attendants feel the pain of fuel shortages
As shortages force drivers to wait in line for small amounts of fuel, many of Lebanon's mainly migrant petrol station attendants have been threatened, attacked and even shot at by angry motorists
Child kidnapping being used as warfare tactic in Mozambique, aid groups say
Kidnapping victims are frequently exposed to further trauma such as witnessing beheadings or seeing their homes being set alight, says Save the Children
Shooting for glory, not to kill - a refugee's Olympic goal
Luna Solomon, an Eritrean refugee living in Switzerland, is one of a few dozen refugee athletes who are Olympic hopefuls