From Nigeria to the Congo basin to Mozambique in South Africa, the rapacious Chinese appetite for unprocessed timber has left a trail of destruction.

Most Eritreans understand the horrors that await them as they travel to seek refuge. What are the coping mechanisms developed in response?

In numerous villages in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the global demand for vanilla has translated into an orgy of violence and death.

Retired accordionist Besim Velić from Kevljani, a small village in the north-west of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives right next to the site of the mass grave.

Afghanistan's dreaded vice president, Gen. Abdul Rasheed Dostum – who faces charges of war crimes and sexual assaults – has returned home.