The Abidjan Performing Arts Market: A stage for African music, theater and dance
The April event in Ivory Coast broke records with the presence of 320 festival programmers from 72 countries, showcasing the vigor of creativity on the continent
The secret journey of one of Ukraine’s treasures: Its seed bank
Scientists and technicians complete the objective of protecting seeds threatened by the war in a cold storage facility at an undisclosed location in the west of the country. The material may one day play a fundamental role in food security
Jason Hickel: ‘As long as capital controls production, we will have perverse results’
The economic anthropologist proposes reducing the consumption of unnecessary items to avoid a social and ecological collapse
Clint Smith, writer: ‘It is impossible to understand the US economy without slavery’
The New Orleans academic invites readers to discover his country’s past in his book ‘How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America’
60,000 names of forgotten slaves rescued in pencil
American calligrapher and researcher Phyllis Goodnow has collected a list of thousands of victims of the slave trade in a project to honor their history
Who is the man wearing a bike helmet around COP27?
Ivorian activist Andy Costa has become one of the most photographed participants at the UN climate summit, always donning his neon green headgear
La Manada sex offender to be sent to prison for violent robbery
A court has ordered Ángel Boza, who is convicted of sexually abusing an 18-year-old with four other men, to go to jail for injuring two security guards
La Manada sex offender arrested for shoplifting and assault
Ángel Boza ran over two security guards after he was caught trying to steal a pair of sunglasses
Spain’s raiders of the lost arch
The discovery in the Jaén countryside of the starting point of the 1,500-kilometer-long main Roman road in Andalusia is being described as “one of the most important in the last few decades”
How Spain’s coal merchants are keeping the flame alive
The country’s remaining yards still survive thanks to the elderly, foodies, and hipsters
The blind beetles and child slaves of Cadiz’s ancient underworld
Deep below the city is a history lesson dating back more than five millenia, complete with Roman waterways, tombs and labyrinths
Church backtracks and will allow transsexual to be godfather to nephew
Recent decision made by Catholic officials in Cádiz had caused public outrage “For me, this is the perfect decision,” said Alexander Salinas, from San Fernando
Man arrested for using cellphone app to track girlfriend’s every move
The 20-year-old gave her device as a gift and used it to spy on calls, messages and more
The silent history of Spanish illiteracy
More than 730,000 people in Spain can’t read or write, most of them older women, migrants or Roma
Auditions begin in Seville for Spanish ‘Game of Thrones’ shoot
Around 4,500 people turn out for a chance to appear as an extra in the hit HBO TV show
‘Game of Thrones’ to film part of fifth season in Seville
Producer HBO confirms it will be shooting in a number of locations in the Andalusian province
Argentinean Franco crimes judge: “You see people’s fear of testifying”
María Servini is in Spain to gather testimonies of offenses committed under the dictatorship “If I didn’t believe in universal justice, I wouldn’t be here,” she says
No way out for Almería’s prostitutes
Hundreds of women are working in virtual slavery in brothels throughout the province Trapped by their debts to traffickers, they have seen their conditions worsen with the crisis
Unemployed couple in Seville die after reported food-poisoning case
Husband and wife had been trying to make ends meet by collecting cardboard and recycling paper
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