A group of artists are campaigning for peace, with pop-up street performances and murals across the capital, Juba. The activists have taken the name Ana Taban, which means “I am tired” in Arabic. Musicians played lively tunes in South Sudan’s capital, and pedestrians and market shoppers watched the impromptu concert with curiosity. A soldier in […]

It has nearly been six years since the self-immolation of a Tunisian fruit vendor triggered a wave of uprisings across the Arab world. What has changed since the people in the Middle East and North Africa went out onto the streets to demand freedom? A new UN report paints a dire picture, warning that the

The Tarahumara people, who call themselves the Rarámuri, are one of the ethnic groups that inhabit the Sierra Tarahumara in the State of Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. This group keeps traditions alive through celebrations and in particular, through drink. The Raramuri people have settled in the region for almost a thousand years, among the pines and above

They cover their face behind balaclavas, greasy hands and heads bowed. Meeting the shoeshiners in La Paz. Every morning at 5 o’clock, Paco leaves his home in El Alto, a very poor city on top of La Paz. He reaches the centre of the Bolivian capital after an hours travel by bus. He is one

Basha Miao Village lies on the southern border of Southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The Miao villagers have maintained the characteristic lifestyle of the Miao ethnic group, still retaining the living customs and dressing code of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. We visited the location. Basha means ‘lush‘ in the Miao language. Located on

Issa Kouyaté is the Founder and Director of Maison de la Gare, a shelter in Senegal for hundreds of street children, often called talibés, to give them hope for a better future. He is a familiar presence on the streets of Saint Louis, in northern Senegal and can be easily seen walking or cycling, particularly

Sister Infant Tresa, Catholic sister and yoga teacher fosters health and hope through the ancient tradition of yoga. “I had severe back pain and wheezing while studying nursing in Kerala in 1976. I took medicine for a long time. But the pain was always strong. In 1985, I met a yoga guru who came to