THE OBSERVERS DIRECT

Observers Direct: Standing up to slavery in southwestern Mali

With our Observers in Rio de Janeiro: favelas, beach clean-ups and more

With our Observers in Bamako: Fighting domestic violence and more

The Nigerians held for ransom in a detention centre in Libya after trying to cross the Mediterranean

The people seeking peace after conflict in the Central African Republic

Observers Direct: With our Observers in... Saint Louis, Senegal

Secrets of Senegal: The dangerous tips to 'keep your man'

Mayotte's youth challenge

Benin: Using drones to save a lake

In India, young couples fear the morality police

Left behind: Cameroon's artisanal miners face Chinese competitors

Tunisia's fleeing youth

Can selfies solve Guinea's trash problem?

Cheap and deadly: Inside Canada's opioid crisis

Smartphones vs climate change: the e-Poppers of the South Pacific

Citizen videos used in the fight against police brutality in Rio de Janeiro

Klondike: the Amber Mafia of Western Ukraine

Fear and Loathing in South Africa's Suburbs

How migrants struggle with the French asylum system

The 'Dirt-Carriers' of Gujarat: India's Forgotten People

Ivory Coast: a new future for farming

Silt and Sand: the river islands of northern Bangladesh

"Silicon Mountain”: Africa's next tech hub

Baaka, the fallen kings of the forest