Sudan: “The more blood that flows, the stronger the spirit of the revolution will be”.
Sudan and her killed son Susan Nasir's eyes have sunk deep into her sockets from prolonged crying. Mohamed Majid, her 17-year-old son, is one of...
If Africa lags behind in the fight against corona, it will give mutations of the virus a tailwind
“Without a job, you die here” says Martin Maina (38) in the Kibera slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Leaning against the earthen wall...
Epidemics are never far away in Africa
Sierra Leone 2014"Have any rats been spotted here?", Dr. Lendunga asked the residents and pointed to a grove of banana trees and a smelly...
Another day in a life of a locust
Photography by Joost Bastmeijer When dawn is still in the distance, the desert locusts hang lethargically in the trees. From a distance it seems as...
All pictures by Joost Bastmeijer At the end of the day , beaming with confidence Salome Nzyoka walks into a nursery in Wote to pick...
Looking worried Abelmonim stands with his two young daughters among the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in front of the military complex in the...
Hunted down after leaving al-Shabaab
Abdul (35 years old) can no longer sit still. He was a fighter once in one of the most brutal terrorist groups in the...
Kill me, but tell me who you are. Plunder and terror in Eastern Congo
Aurélien Kambala in the north-eastern Congolese city of Butembo is preparing himself for his role as an election observer on Sunday*. The father puts...
On the Somali coast you never know who are the good and who are the bad guys
The admiral on the pontoon bridge focuses his binoculars on a speck in the blue-green sea. The Spanish warship the Castilla stops. Special forces...
