Sarah Johnson is a reporter focusing on human rights and global development. Twitter @sajajohnson
July 2024
‘A journey bigger than basketball’: South Sudan dreams of Olympic glory
The underdog team’s astonishing journey to Paris has inspired the country – and fans across Africa – with hopes the Bright Stars will light the way for the next generation
Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN
Annual report says climate crisis, conflict and economic shocks leave the global food system ‘disastrously vulnerable’
Beating the odds: three Olympic sportswomen on overcoming poverty, mockery – and small swimming pools
From conflict to the climate – what are the UK parties’ international plans?
In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban
June 2024
A common condition
Campaign to decriminalise suicide in four Caribbean nations gains momentum
Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’
A common condition
‘They wanted her to confess to witchcraft’: ending the chilling effects of dementia stigma in Nigeria
‘Africa has zero PR in the west’: the Nigerian influencer using sarcasm on the clueless
May 2024
Alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water near Bangladesh garment factories
‘It’s a barbarity’: why are hundreds of families asking to be moved away from this Dominican Republic goldmine?
UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army
Castoffs to catwalk: fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space
April 2024
The ‘man who repairs women’ on rape as a weapon and how the world forgot the DRC
For the Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, who has treated more than 80,000 survivors of sexual violence by armed groups, the west displays double standards over the ‘stain on our humanity’
Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally
Having the right glasses could boost earning power by a third, Bangladesh study shows
Researchers find that in low and middle-income countries owning spectacles can help people over 35 increase their income
March 2024
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
‘Water is worth more than gold’: eco-activist Esteban Polanco on why violence won’t stop him
Fair Access
India gets its own HPV vaccine to stop 70,000 women dying of cervical cancer a year
Left to rot: how a prisoner cleaned up Panama’s dirtiest jail – and its inmates
‘I can’t bear the pain’: grieving the lives lost to the Dominican Republic’s abortion ban
