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Africa

Photography

10 years since the Arab Spring, ‘an explosive situation’ builds in Tunisia

Refugees and Migration

A Forgotten Refugee Crisis

Oct 02, 2019
Video

Finding Humanity: A Journey in Post-Genocide Rwanda

This year, as the world remembers the 25th anniversary of Rwanda’s genocide and honors one million people who...

Jan 25, 2019
Father Florian gives an afternoon service in Illeret, Kenya. He took his vows at St. Ottilien Archabbey, where he adopted the Benedictines' unofficial motto, “Ora et Labora” — “Pray and Work.” This has become his mantra for his time with Kenya's ethnic Daasanach community, one of the smallest tribes in Kenya. (Christena Dowsett/The GroundTruth Project)
Faith

Father Florian, the Benedictine monk who was a prince

Father Florian was born Prince Franz-Josef of Bavaria in 1957 and he says despite his royal heritage, he...

Jan 04, 2018
Residents of the seven villages of Imider — mostly Amazigh people, an indigenous group across north Africa also known as Berbers — have been protesting a nearby silver mine for years, saying it has contaminated their water supply. (Beth Murphy/GroundTruth)
Rights

Far from COP, indigenous Moroccans challenge silver mine in years-long protest

IMIDER, Morocco — Atop a foothill on the southern edge of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, an indigenous community has...

Nov 27, 2017
Short Films

Somalia’s climate for conflict

Somalia’s climate for conflict: The human consequences of climate change Photo by Nichole Sobecki/GroundTruth. As one of the...

Nov 22, 2017
Somalia’s arid landscape as seen from inside a decaying colonial building in the Somaliland town of Sheikh. (Photo by Nichole Sobecki/GroundTruth)
Environment

Amid conflict, Somalia turns to renewable energy for growth

BONN, Germany – Throughout two weeks of negotiations here at the annual United Nations climate summit, the second...

Nov 17, 2017
About 80% of Kenya's population is younger than 35. Observers believe youth voters will move Kenyan politics away from tribal affiliation and towards issue-based voting. But some experts say tribal affiliation runs very deep. (Neha Wadekar/GroundTruth)
Democracy

Kenyan youth move toward issue-based voting, but tribal loyalty remains strong

NAIROBI, Kenya — Grassroots activist and self-proclaimed artist Guiere Lumumba, 24, loiters outside a community center in Mathare,...

Aug 10, 2017
A woman walks alongside a brick wall (Photo via Pixabay)
Europe

The myth of the Muslim monolith

By Michael Goldfarb SEVLIEVO, Bulgaria — Journalism is about summarizing and simplifying events. The upside is helping people...

Apr 25, 2017
The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate built concentrated solar power panels across its desert. Morocco aims to get more than half of its energy from renewable sources in less than 15 years. (Photo by Chris Bentley/GroundTruth)
Environment

Twenty years ago, only half of Moroccans had electricity. Now, the country may lead in renewable energy.

The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate sits on a dusty, red-earth plateau where the Atlas Mountains begin to descend...

Feb 23, 2017
Abandoned theme park in Diani Beach, Kenya. Tourist region suffered with terrorist attacks that prompted strict travel warnings from Western governments. (Photo by Kevin Grant/GroundTruth)
Africa

Shaken by terrorism, this Kenyan resort became a ghost town

DIANI BEACH, Kenya — The Indian Ocean had retreated away toward the horizon for the afternoon, revealing a long stretch...

Feb 06, 2017
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