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Amazon Tried to Build on Sacred Land. Indigenous Groups Stopped Them.
In a major ruling, a South African court ordered developers to halt construction on the sacred heritage site, pending consultation with the Khoi and San First Nation Peoples.
Dozens of Bodies in Kenyan River Shed Light on Epidemic of Police Murders
A new film by VICE World News investigates accusations of systemic abuses – including the summary execution of suspects – committed by police in Kenya.
‘We’re Hostages’: African Students Trapped in Russian-Held City in Ukraine
Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russian forces after the invasion of Ukraine. Foreign students tell VICE World News they're being prevented from escaping.
The Racist Zoo Where Visitors Paid to See Black People in the 90s
Safari Africain is a shameful, long-forgotten part of French history – and the subject of a new documentary.
World's Largest Cultural Organisation to Return Its Collection of Benin Bronzes
Cc: The British Museum
‘They Hit Me’: African Nationals Have Been Assaulted Trying to Escape Ukraine
VICE World News spoke to multiple people who say they’ve spent days stranded at the border, where Ukrainian border agents have blocked them from crossing, yelled and assaulted them.
‘I’m Very Nervous’: Young Malians on How They Feel as France Quits Jihadist War
Mali has been roiled by coups, jihadism, Russian mercenaries, and imperialism. Young Malians tell VICE World News their hopes for the future as France pulls out.
Boko Haram Fighters Tortured These Women. Now They’re Neighbours.
Nigerian women who were abducted are being forced to live side by side with the Boko Haram militants who enslaved them, under a controversial government rehabilitation programme.
What’s Happening in Burkina Faso? Here’s What We Know.
The country's army has seized control after detaining President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
The Westerners Desperately Trying to Turn Tanzania Into an Anti-Vax Paradise
The first things they need? A crypto expert and a TV presenter.
A Massive ‘Sex for Grades’ Scandal Is Being Exposed by Women on Instagram
As an economics lecturer in Morocco is jailed for two years, women in the #MeTooUniv movement are looking to bring more perpetrators to justice.