FRONTLINE UPDATE

A boy sits atop someone's shoulders as people celebrate the first anniversary of the overthrow of the Assad regime on December 8, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Syria: Joy and Sadness

In this week’s update, read about Syrian joy and sadness on the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime.

12 Dec 25

Illustration by Mongabay-Latam

Death Flights in the Amazon

Discover how Ukrainian media and civil society are supporting landmark anti-corruption action.

5 Dec 25

Speakers at an accountability forum in Kyiv, held as part of IWPR's Boosting Citizens Watchdogs in Ukraine project. © IWPR

Accountability in Ukraine

Discover how Ukrainian media and civil society are supporting landmark anti-corruption action.

28 Nov 25

An aerial view of Pugad Island, partly submerged in seawater amid rising tides on August 11, 2025 in Hagonoy, Philippines. In the Philippines’ coastal communities, the water has been rising for years. A slow, relentless encroachment fuelled by melting ice sheets in Antarctica, the sinking of land from decades of unchecked groundwater extraction, and the swelling seas of a warming planet. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Reporting the Climate Crisis

Discover how IWPR journalists are examining climate violence's effects on their local communities.

22 Nov 25

Launch of the Syria Prisons Museum at the National Museum in Damascus, September 15, 2025. © Prisons Museum

Syria - From Silence to Memory

Read about the new Damascus museum memorialising the heartbreaking stories of those who suffered in the country’s prisons.

14 Nov 25

Ukrainian families of prisoners of war wait to see if their loved ones will be amongst the arrivals on May 24, 2025 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. © Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Protecting Ukrainian POWs

Read about efforts underway to hold Russia accountable for its "widespread and systematic" abuses of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

7 Nov 25

Students take part in a demonstration against corruption outside the presidential palace on October 17, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. Filipino Gen Z protesters walked out of their classes on Friday and took part in what they called a “National Day of Action Against Corruption,” amid revelations of massive corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects that have implicated officials, engineers, contractors, and politicians. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Philippines: “We Want Abusive Officials Jailed”

How ordinary Filipinos are demanding accountability from their government.

31 Oct 25

Kunle Adebajo from Nigeria poses with his award for West Africa's Journalist of the Year 2025. Photo: Media Foundation for West Africa/Google Maps composite.

West Africa's Journalist of the Year

An award-winning journalist's IWPR story revealed how international crowdfunding fuels separatist conflict in Nigeria.

24 Oct 25

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a press conference on March 26, 2024 in Caracas, Venezuela. © Gaby Oraa/Getty Images

Venezuela: “The Achievement of a Whole Society”

María Corina Machado's Nobel peace prize shows the power of civil society to achieve remarkable outcomes.

17 Oct 25

Marie Colvin in Tahrir Square. © Ivor Prickett/AFP/Getty Images

Marie Colvin’s Legacy

How iconic war reporter Marie Colvin's legacy is supporting women journalists throughout the Middle East.

10 Oct 25

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