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Rat soup, snails and oracles: why Nigeria’s traditional midwives still have a vital role to play

Doctors may not always agree with their methods, but in Lagos state, traditional birth attendants are helping to connect women and their babies with modern maternity treatments

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Beatings, dog bites, and barbed wire: life and death on the Poland-Belarus border

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Removing statues and renaming streets: Odesa cuts out Russia

Recent strikes targeting the southern Ukrainian city, including its orthodox cathedral, have left residents questioning its historical links to Russia

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Ukraine’s National Opera celebrates year of live shows despite sirens and sorrow

A remarkable season in Kyiv has given artists and audience a brief respite from the horror of war

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

The fight over US abortion rights in the year without Roe – photo essay

A look back on the year since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade with the Dobbs decision, and the advocates who aren’t giving up

The Guardian - US · Jun 24, 2023

‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in Poland’s capital

Many from Ukraine, Belarus and other ex-Soviet states mostly get by in Russian – but its prevalence is starting to cause a problem

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

Displaced artists in Lviv create anti-war work to tell the story of Ukraine

Ukrainian contemporary artists are at the forefront of a storytelling mission

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022

Seeking refuge amongst Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains

Nowhere feels safe in Ukraine, but high up in the eastern Carpathians is about as close as it gets, reports Max Bearak

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

The scramble to shield Ukraine’s cultural heritage

Across the country, artists and curators are desperately unhooking, wrapping and stashing away artwork as Vladimir Putin’s onslaught closes in, report Max Bearak and Isabelle Khurshudyan

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022