Amara has reported from three continents over fifteen years, covering elections, conflict and the institutions that hold the world together. She joined Meridian to cover the seams where geopolitics meets ordinary life. Previously a bureau chief in Nairobi and Brussels.
Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana midfielder Jayden Adams has died at 25, just weeks after representing South Africa at the World Cup, prompting tributes across African and global football.
A fast-moving blaze near Los Gallardos in Almería province has killed at least a dozen people and left dozens more unaccounted for, with hundreds displaced from their homes.
FIFA has assembled a cross-generational, multi-genre lineup for a Super Bowl-style halftime spectacle at the World Cup final, with Justin Bieber the latest name added to the bill.
The US president confirmed he personally lobbied football's governing body over a suspension handed to American forward Folarin Balogun, days before FIFA paused the punishment.
The US president says he personally lobbied FIFA's Gianni Infantino over the striker's World Cup suspension, a rare political intervention that has drawn a sharp challenge from UEFA and a rival federation.
Vladimir Kramnik, the former world chess champion, has been suspended by the sport's governing body after repeatedly accusing rivals, including the late Daniel Naroditsky, of cheating.
A BBC probe found paid Instagram advertisements using explicit search terms that funneled users toward illegal child sexual abuse content hosted on the messaging app Telegram.
A new BBC feature gathering views from Brazil, India, Egypt and beyond finds global opinion of the United States marked by both fascination and deep ambivalence as the country nears its semiquincentennial.
A rare rabies death in Canada, linked to a nighttime bat encounter, is drawing fresh attention to the disease's near-total lethality once symptoms begin and to gaps in public awareness about bat exposure.
Forty mayors signed a binding adaptation accord in Rotterdam this week, sidestepping the deadlock that has frozen the national negotiations for two years.
A passage that was solid ice within living memory is now navigable for much of the year, and the routes it opens are quietly rearranging the geopolitics of trade.
No party came close to a majority. Now the real contest begins behind closed doors, and the outcome will set the country's direction for half a decade.
As foreign troops withdraw from the Sahel, a hastily assembled multilateral pact is the thin thread keeping the region from coming apart.
A decades-old agreement to share a great river is straining as the water runs lower than its drafters ever imagined. How it bends — or breaks — is a preview of a thirstier century.
