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Occupied Energodar, as Quiet as a Graveyard
The city, home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, fell into Russian hands on March 4, and it is now impossible to leave.
Ukraine: Businesses Relocate to Safer West
With government help, hundreds of strategic enterprises have moved to the safer west of the country. Smaller businesses, however, have to fend for themselves.
Analysis: Intelligence Report Warns of “Absolute Inequality” on the Battlefield
“By not providing missile defence systems in sufficient quantities, the West will make a historic mistake that will cost hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives.”
Ukraine: The Teenage Orphan Heading His Family
Eighteen-year-old looks after his four siblings after their mother was killed in a bombing.
Kazakstan’s Referendum Unlikely to Bring Change
Citizens said yes to the proposed constitutional amendments, but few believe the state’s hold on power will ease.
Ukraine: Symbolic Stamp Breaks Sales Records
Commemorative item empowers people to unite over the anxieties and victories of the war.
Armenia: Three Decades in Temporary Accommodation
Families left homeless by the 1988 earthquake are still living in tiny, makeshift shelters.
Armenia’s Border Villages Live with Danger
Locals warn that the clear demarcation of Armenian-Azerbaijani territory is key to their security.
Ukraine: Return to Hostomel
The human story behind just one atrocity in the Kyiv suburbs.
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Ukraine: Searching for the Dead
Mobile war crimes investigation teams are collecting evidence across the country to bring perpetrators to justice.
The Horror of Bucha
Locals recount random, unaccountable violence against civilians in clear evidence of war crimes.
Nigeria: FGM Rises Amid Pandemic
Campaigners warn that lockdown left many girls and young women vulnerable to the practice.
Turkey: Women Demand Equal Treatment in Mosques
Activists fight traditions that exclude female worshippers from communal prayers.
Belarus: Life as a Political Prisoner
Freezing cold cells and long stretches in solitary confinement for those who defy the Lukashenko regime.
Turkmenistan’s Transition of Power
President Berdymukhamedov has for decades carefully been preparing for his son to take over.