'Republic of fear': A return to Yemen after 11 years
Journalist Afrah Nasser visits her home country of Yemen after more than a decade away. She reflects on the devastating impact war has had on her country and family. Names have been changed to protect...
18 Dec 202220min
The Indian soldier who vanished on a glacier 38 years ago
As the climate crisis causes water levels to plummet, riverbeds to dry and glaciers to melt, artefacts like old warships, an ancient city, a mosque, 'hunger stones' and human remains have emerged. The...
11 Dec 202218min
‘Justice delayed’ in Texas city where police killed a Black woman
Three years after Atatiana Jefferson was shot by a white police officer, stark racial divides, inequality and a lack of reform plague the US city of Fort Worth. Written by Tyler Hicks. Read by Xzavian...
4 Dec 202223min
‘I was desperate’: Young job seekers scammed, abused in Nigeria
Predators and fraudsters are exploiting vulnerable unemployed Nigerians, and the costs are sometimes deadly. AJ Longreads explores how social media is being used to lure victims. A warning - this sto...
27 Nov 202214min
Mohammed Salim: The 'bare-footed Indian' who wowed Celtic
India's first footballer to play for a European club made history without ever wearing a pair of football boots. As Qatar makes history for being the first country in the Middle East to stage a World ...
20 Nov 20228min
As climate clock ticks, war in Ukraine upends Arctic research
A team of Russian and Norwegian scientists stumbled upon the fastest-warming hotspot known on earth. Then the war in Ukraine began and research collaboration stalled. Written by Delaney Nolan. Read by...
13 Nov 202227min
Reckoning with genocide in Namibia
German abuses against the Herero and Nama in Namibia were the 20th century’s first genocide and a brutal harbinger of the Nazi's WWII Holocaust. Written by Hamilton Wende. Read by Kokui Selormey.
6 Nov 202224min
How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present
Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover possible Russian abuses in Ukraine. The aim is to collect testimonies that can be used as evidence in prose...
30 Okt 202219min
