(MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) -- The world will watch with anticipation as Africa's largest democracy votes for a new leader on Saturday. Nigeria's 2023 presidential election -- described as the nation’s most hotly contested since the end of military rule in 1999 -- is taking place amid a backdrop of economic troubles…
(NEW YORK) -- A year ago, President Vladimir Putin plunged Russia into the war in Ukraine, pulling his country into a bloody military debacle and reigniting a global stand-off with Western countries. Nearly 200,000 Russian troops are estimated to have been killed or wounded in the past 12 months. Over…
(NEW YORK) -- When Russian tanks rolled into the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine nearly a year ago in a failed bid to take the capital, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska and her family were driving through their village, Katyuzhanka, when soldiers started firing indiscriminately at their car. "The first shots hit the…
(WASHINGTON) -- As Russia's forces closed in on Ukraine a year ago, many anticipated its capital Kyiv would collapse in a matter of weeks, if not days. But while Washington has widely rejoiced in what has so far been an upset of historic proportions by the underdog Ukraine -- boosted…
(NEW YORK) -- Many aid organizations withdrew their funding to Afghanistan after the Taliban implemented several regressive policies on Afghan women's human rights in the final months of 2022. But the withdrawal of international aid from the country stands to harm the most vulnerable part of Afghanistan's population: women and…
(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during his Jan. 5 nighttime address from Kyiv that he would speak directly to the Russian people. The war in Ukraine had been deadlier than Russian citizens were being told and Moscow officials "certainly do not value life and definitely do not seek…
(NEW YORK) -- As tens of thousands of invading Russian troops and tanks thundered across his nation's border in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received an offer from the United States to evacuate him and his family out of the country. But in the biggest moment of his yet…
(NEW YORK) -- One year ago, with Ukraine's borders surrounded by what seemed to be a superior military force, many U.S. officials and analysts predicted a swift Russian blitz to Kyiv. But after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his more than 150,000 arrayed troops across the border, it soon became…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- In the basement of the Syayvo book store in Kyiv, hundreds of Russian language books stand piled, waiting to be pulped. The books -- ranging from everything between the classics of Russian literature, detective novels translated into Russian and Soviet-era textbooks -- have been donated by Ukrainians…
(NEW YORK) -- More than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded across Europe as of Tuesday, nearly one year since Russia invaded, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Poland has seen the largest numbers of Ukrainian refugees, estimated to be around 1.5 million, followed by other European countries…
