At the recent IofC Creators of Peace conference in Sydney, Chea Vannath described her long journey home – for herself and for her wounded country. Susan Korah writes…

La autora, poeta e intérprete afgana, Shabibi Shah, compartió su reflexión personal sobre su valiente historia de vida durante el lanzamiento de la última edición de su libro "Where do I Belong?" (¿A dónde pertenezco?) Respondió a las preguntas dirigidas por la periodista Mary Lean en el Foro de Greencoat, celebrado el 11 de noviembre en el Centro de Iniciativas de Cambio en Londres.

Afghan author, poet and interpreter Shabibi Shah gave a personal insight into her courageous life story at the launch of the latest edition of her book Where do I Belong? She answered questions put to her by journalist Mary Lean at a Greencoat Forum held in the London Centre for Initiatives of Change on 11 November.

Kader Keita tells Andrea Cabrera Luna and José Carlos León Vargas there are no confines for the arts

When refugees poured in to Albania during the war in Kosovo, they set Ela Kaloshi on the road to forgiving. She talks to Bob Webb.

Frédéric Chavanne reports on a meeting of people from one of Africa’s most turbulent regions.

On 1 May, the European Union will have 75 million new inhabitants—and ten new member nations, bringing its total to 25. The ‘rich man’s club’ is opening its doors to its less wealthy neighbours—amid muttering from many of those already ensconced in its comfortable armchairs. It may seem strange—even presumptuous—for a publication based in the UK to welcome the new arrivals. To the rest of Europe, Britain has sometimes seemed an awkward member of the club, carping about the rules, resisting change and casting aspersions on everyone else. Although our government championed the enlargement, the prospect has sparked a xenophobia in some quarters which is matched only by attitudes to asylum seekers and refugees.