Tommy Trenchard

Tommy Trenchard

Humanitarian crises

How Iraq's IDPs cope with the trauma of displacement

For millions of displaced Iraqis, life is not a permanent crisis.

How Iraq's IDPs cope with the trauma of displacement

Battle for Mosul

The battle for western Mosul

As fighting continues between Iraqi forces and ISIL fighters, civilians have been fleeing the city in droves.

The battle for western Mosul

Health

Cataracts in Zanzibar, one boy's journey towards sight

Low-cost, easily treatable and preventable conditions cause blindness for millions of people worldwide.

Cataracts in Zanzibar, one boy's journey towards sight

Uganda

Uganda: Onchocerciasis-river blindness along the Agogo

Transmission of disease occurs in only 9 of 36 Ugandan districts since eradication efforts began.

Uganda: Onchocerciasis-river blindness along the Agogo

Health

Animation: The fly catchers fighting river blindness

Meet the Ugandan men eliminating river blindness one fly at a time.

Animation: The fly catchers fighting river blindness

Africa

Guineans remember rape and murder at stadium massacre

Seven years ago, 156 people were killed at an anti-government rally. Now Guineans want justice and reconciliation.

Guineans remember rape and murder at stadium massacre

Middle East

'Either you join ISIL or you challenge them'

Nearly two years after being liberated from ISIL, the Iraqi town of Saadiya is struggling to rebuild.

'Either you join ISIL or you challenge them'

Africa

Disney movie sparks a chess boom in Uganda

Katwe is one of the largest slums in Uganda and the scene of an unlikely chess revolution.

Disney movie sparks a chess boom in Uganda

Europe

Inside Greece's resurgent anarchist movement

We go inside Greece's resurgent anarchist movement as it seeks to show that it is about more than just violence.

Inside Greece's resurgent anarchist movement

Elections

Deadly clashes flare ahead of Guinea election

Tensions rise as opposition alleges vote-rigging ahead of Sunday's vote in the troubled West African nation.

Deadly clashes flare ahead of Guinea election

Arts & Culture

Sierra Leone's layers of history

A past filled with historical memories slowly crumbles away on a forgotten island in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone's layers of history

Ebola

Education falls prey to Ebola in Sierra Leone

Amid lingering disease fears and economic fallout, most children have stayed away from recently reopened schools.

Education falls prey to Ebola in Sierra Leone