How an aid initiative maimed thousands of children in war-torn Africa

A well-meaning humanitarian intervention intended to help some of the world’s poorest people backfired with devastating consequences

‘The boats don’t stop’: The deadly coastline that has become a trafficking superhighway

Debris from perilous crossings scatter northern Djibouti’s remote beaches, which now form part of a major global migrant smuggling route

Tora Bora’s last midwife struggles under Taliban rule as aid runs dry

A skeletal maternity service is battling to keep mothers and babies alive in Afghanistan. It is running on borrowed time

‘All I see are dead bodies’: The survivors of Syria’s chemical massacres

Thirteen years after a series of deadly sarin attacks, survivors are still living with the trauma and health implications

China clamped down on exotic wildlife farms – now they’ve moved to Southeast Asia

There’s been an ‘explosion’ of breeding facilities in Thailand and Laos, raising biosecurity concerns

Ten years after Brazil’s Zika epidemic, its children are still paying the price

A decade on from the outbreak, a second wave of complications is emerging in the ‘Zika babies’ born with severe defects

Inside the biggest collection of venomous snakes in Latin America

After a century of perfecting antivenom, Brazil’s Butantan Institute is sharing its life-saving snake research with the world

How Morocco is leading Africa’s solar energy revolution

The last great undeveloped continent has always relied on others for its energy. But now it could become a solar and renewables super-power

Thousands of miles from the Strait of Hormuz, the Iran war death toll is rising

Mothers and babies in Madagascar become unintended casualties of a global fuel and food shortage caused by conflict in the Middle East

The ‘crazy pill’ pushing thousands into addiction

Once used legally by long haul truck drivers in Thailand, yaba is now wreaking havoc with lives in Bangladesh

India’s unstoppable electric tuk-tuk revolution

The three-wheelers are the backbone of Asia’s transport system. Now, battery-powered versions are transforming economies and the environment

DiCaprio’s Amazonian warrior queen

Juma Xipaia, subject of Oscar-tipped film Yanuni, led protests against the destruction of her rainforest home. It put a price on her head

Terrorist turf war over Lake Chad plunges thousands into hunger

Boko Haram and ISIS are fighting over the islands of Lake Chad, tipping the surrounding region into a humanitarian catastrophe

Why infants orphaned by Ebola will have to fend for themselves this time

‘Lullaby mothers’, who cared for children orphaned or separated from their parents, will not be allowed to volunteer during this outbreak

How measles unleashed a wave of suffering in Bangladesh

An immunisation gap following the overthrow of an authoritarian government has been the catalyst for an unprecedented surge in cases