Northern Africa

A woman porter in Ceuta wears colorful straw hat and leopard print jacket

Morocco’s ‘mule women’ risk their lives hauling goods across the border from Spain

After several female porters were trampled to death in Ceuta, Spain, private merchants took measures to improve working conditions. But is it enough?

Morocco’s ‘mule women’ risk their lives hauling goods across the border from Spain
Anouar Brahem CD cover

Famed musician was 'trying to find something new to compose.' Then the Arab Spring happened.

Famed musician was 'trying to find something new to compose.' Then the Arab Spring happened.
A South Sudanese girl displaced by the conflict carries a younger boy on her back as they walk through mud in a flooded camp for internally displaced people at the UNMISS base in Malakal, Upper Nile State May 30, 2014. There are about 18,000 people shelte

A million South Sudanese are at risk of starving

A million South Sudanese are at risk of starving
"I Too Burned a Police Station" is a Facebook campaign to show solidarity with Tunisian activists still being pursued for crimes committed during the Tunisian revolution.

In Tunisia's new democracy, authorities are prosecuting the activists who started the revolution

In Tunisia's new democracy, authorities are prosecuting the activists who started the revolution
Libya chemical weapons

The chemical weapons have been destroyed, not in Syria, but in Libya

The chemical weapons have been destroyed, not in Syria, but in Libya

As U.S., NATO mull military action against Syria, questions raised about legality

Chemical weapons are banned by most nations of the world, though Syria isn't one of them. It's still unclear, though, what countries can do when other countries use chemical weapons. What's becoming more clear, though, is that there's still not an easy legal justification for military strikes on Syria.

As U.S., NATO mull military action against Syria, questions raised about legality

China's creative set using humor in subtle challenge to authoritarian rule

In China, to question the government is to invite trouble. But in a digital media world, the ability to do that is easier than ever. That means those who are so inclined need to find a way to do it without getting in trouble and more often than not that means turning to humor.

China's creative set using humor in subtle challenge to authoritarian rule

President Obama to Address Muslim World

President Obama to Address Muslim World

Round Table: Obama Administration's Middle East Policies

Round Table: Obama Administration's Middle East Policies

Who Defends Accused War Criminals?

Who Defends Accused War Criminals?