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Reporting the earthquake
How ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Turkish and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic have been reporting the earthquake disaster

The Myanmar coup, two years on
Protest, conflict and exile: we hear about Myanmar, two years after the military coup

Ukraine’s corruption crackdown
How has the war affected Ukraine’s long-running efforts to deal with corruption?

Belarus language crackdown
Why it's become dangerous to speak Belarusian in Belarus

Why Kenyan pupils are burning schools
What is driving the phenomenon of Kenyan students burning their boarding schools?

The decline of Ukraine’s oligarchs
How the war with Russia has impacted Ukraine’s super-rich businessmen

Memorable interviews from 2022
The people and stories our journalists can't forget

Can saying fool land you in jail?
Will Istanbul’s mayor be sent to jail for ‘insulting’ language about election officials?

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin?
Who is the man behind the Russian mercenary group Wagner?

The Arab world and the war in Ukraine
Insights into how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the Arab region