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Fast moving: The Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) launched a food distribution campaign targeting 100 000 vulnerable households across Malawi in February. Photo: Radio Islam Malawi/Facebook

Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors

As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity and the governance risks of a changing humanitarian order

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
City of lights: More than 30 000 LED lights lit the streets of London in celebration of Ramadan. Photo: Aziz Foundation

Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Pray away: Muslim women pray the first Taraweeh evening prayer on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand, Johannesburg, but the author laments the lack of equitable spaces for women in many of the city’s mosques. Photo: Gulshan Khan/AFP

Joburg’s mosques need to be more open

These are community spaces and should be available to all

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Expensive: People eat their fast-breaking evening meal at a restaurant in Cairo, Egypt, during the holy month of Ramadan. Photo: Lobna Tarek/Getty Images

Egyptian inflation hits Ramadan menus

Egypt has a history of food insecurity leading to revolution, as its leaders know all too well

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read
The school in Kuririga, pictured on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen. Haidar Umar/AFP/Getty Images

‘Bandits’ blamed for kidnapping of Nigerian schoolchildren

While Nigerian soldiers search the forests in the northwestern state for the 280 learners kidnapped by gunmen riding motorbikes, desperate families are still waiting for news

  • Eyaaz
4 min read