Utter poverty amid a wealth of resources has been the reality in the Central African Republic for decades. How did the country become the poorest in the world even though it abounds with gold, diamonds and uranium?
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Where fifty years ago Bedouins roamed the desert, today skyscrapers tower into the sky. In Qatar, extremes are the norm, with wealth next to bitter poverty, modernity alongside tradition
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Short news from Antarctica
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Short news from Brazil.
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Short news from Senegal
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Short news from Estonia.
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Short news from China.
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Short news from Indonesia.
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Look out to sea from the Thames Estuary in the south-east of Britain on a fine day, and you can see small dots in the distance. They look like the anchors of giant ships.
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Many Hindus consider the nilgai a holy animal. But the large antelopes damage many fields in rural India. The indian author Kumar Prashant talks about a special animal in India
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There is a special ritual on Sundays in Samoa: We come together as a family and we prepare our umu, our earth oven.
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Since March, all of Hong Kong has been debating the local culture around overtime. After a bus driver working for the KMB bus company caused an accident that killed 12 because he was overtired, it came out that he had been working for over 12 hours straight.
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A lot of people in Mozambique believe in ghosts. They are convinced that we are being guided by seen and unseen forces.
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As a child I lay in the fields in my small Lithuanian village and dreamed of somewhere else. Ninety years later I am sitting in Brooklyn and asking myself: Why am I no longer there, in the fields of my childhood?
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The Al Jafaari’s family home is Al Ashkharah, an Omani fishing village.
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More than half the world’s population lives in urban areas, pushing questions of equality and justice to the top of the international agenda
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How do people deal with extreme insecurity and how can they be helped? An interview with Karen Abbs, an expert on crisis regions
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Terrorist attacks, armed robbery, water scarcity: Everyday life in the capital of the Central African Republic is hard. And yet people here are safer than in the rest of the country.
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Qatar’s capital Doha is home to people from across the world – but they live completely separate lives.
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Qatar is piling into arts and culture. Long underpinned by its oil production, the wealthy nation has decided that in the future it no longer wants to live from crude alone.
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More than a year ago Qatar's neighbours imposed an embargo on the tiny state. What has happened since?
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What do people in Qatar laugh about? Comedian Hamad Al-Amari explores his countrymen’s humour.
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From breaking taboos to becoming an idol: The first female rally driver in the Arab world recounts how she discovered motor sports and learnt how to assert herself in a male domain.
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Our country is plagued by a never-ending cycle of violence. But how have people learned to deal with the omnipresence of death?
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Kenyan economist James Shikwati believes that the Central African Republic's problems mirror those of the whole continent. Despite this, he still has high hopes for the country. He explains why in an interview.
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Around 88 percent of those working in Qatar are migrant labourers. Bal Krishna Gautham is one of them.
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It’s no coincidence that one of the richest men in the Central African Republic is a politician. His name is Fidèle Gouandjika and he was a former Minister of Communications here. He likes to describe himself as “the billionaire of Boy-Rabe”.
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How does politics function in a crisis-torn state? Moussa Abdoulaye, special advisor to the Prime Minister, describes his day job.
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Once central Africa was in the grip of western colonial powers. Today Russia is using the region to restore and amplify its political clout.
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Why the Central African Republic's weak government is one of its biggest problems.
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For a long time, Al Jazeera was touted as a beacon of hope for Arab journalism - until the Qatari media outlet was gradually subsumed by politics.
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Journalists who report the truth in the Central African Republic are putting their lives on the line. The editor-in-chief of Radio Ndeke Luka explains why.
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Women in the Central African Republic are managing to gain the respect of armed militias - and are steering them towards reconciliation.
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How do you encourage child soldiers to lay down their weapons? In central Africa, NGOs are using simply illustrated flyers and targeted radio broadcasts.
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Who's who in the world's poorest and richest nations? We take a look.
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Who's who in the world's poorest and richest nations? We take a look.
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Qatar is pumping money into education and has built a spanking new Education City district. The Dutch architect Ellen Van Loon, together with Rem Kohlhaas, has created a new library for the city.
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First a bank spot on the map, then a colony: How Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic.
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What sets one nation apart from others? Customs, traditions and social graces are key. Here we explore how societies tick in Qatar and the Central African Republic, from flirting to bartering to death rites.
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What sets one nation apart from others? Customs, traditions and social graces are key. Here we explore how societies tick in Qatar and the Central African Republic, from flirting to bartering to death rites.
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On why it is actually not religious differences that are dividing the Christians and Muslims of the Central African Republic.
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The next World Cup kicks off in Qatar in 2022 and the small nation is betting on the highly-anticipated sporting event to boost its international standing.
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Extract from "Nago et sa grand-mère" (Copyright: L'Harmattan, Paris, 2017).
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The myth of the population's racial purity has prevented Japan from starting a long overdue discussion about racism.
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In 1920 the country lost a third of its population through the Treaty of Trianon - that has left a lasting trauma.
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A bitter fight for influence is underway in cyberspace and Russian hackers are centre stage. But we still think of them in terms of stereotypes - and with a large pinch of imagination.
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Refugees and volunteers from 24 nations are on the road with their unique theatre show - and take their own stage wherever they travel.
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At first glance, 21 percent seems like a lot. But the picture is not complete unless one takes into account other numbers too.
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No, these so-called isolated cases reveal a structure and one can see how our society is organised.
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The human rights activist had to spend 113 days in Turkish custody. He argues why a stronger ECHR would help in situations like this.
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So many people are increasingly speaking in the name of "We" in public. The French philosopher Tristan Garcia discusses how these identities of the "We" can be reconciled.
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Homosexuality remains a big taboo in Nigeria. With her lesbian love story Chinelo Okparanta chips away at prejudice.
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Their parents were reticent but now the children and grandchildren of immigrants to Germany want to have their say. In his book, The Integration Paradox, author Aladin El-Mafaalani describes the conflicts that ensue - and why this could be a good sign.
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In "The First Garment" Guram Dochanashvili describes life in times of political tyranny.
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Europe, I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. Europe, 260 Euro and 76 cents January, 2018.
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