Two years into Sudan’s war, where is its civil society?Civil activists negotiate with warring sides to work but face harassment, arrests, and accusations of bias.
EXPLAINERWhat’s the emergency Arab summit on Gaza reconstruction? Everything to knowThe summit has been called by Egypt, which has prepared a reconstruction plan that avoids ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Yasser and Fathi Arafat remembered, 20 years after their deathsTarek Arafat tells what it was like to grow up with a famous father and even more famous uncle.
LONG READKicked out at 18 to live on the streets – a teenage migrant in SpainIlyas fled a life of poverty in Morocco at just 15; like others, he finds himself in desperate circumstances in Europe.
Taken by the Mediterranean: A mother’s search for her lost sonA two-year search for refugees disappeared at sea trying to reach Spain is an endless mission, desperate relatives say.
Sudan aid workers risk ‘kidnap and rape’, experts warnAid organisations make urgent call for humanitarian corridors to allow them to do their work safely.
From Rif to Atlas: Youth-led NGO crosses Morocco to support rural tribesFollowing the earthquake, a group of young Riffians cross the country to help Amazigh rural tribes in Atlas mountains.
Behind Mohammed VI’s push for a more Amazigh MoroccoAmazigh identity, culture and language have been promoted by the state in recent years, a reversal of past policies.