Flavia Mutamutega, Rwanda’s sole agony aunt for adolescent girls, tells Veronique Mistiaen about the problems that preoccupy...
Articles by Veronique Mistiaen

Veronique Mistiaen speaks to an Iranian human rights activist currently in hiding.

An epic struggle has been playing out between islanders defending their land, rivers and livelihoods and the Malaysian...

Palm-oil corporations are threatening the rich rainforests Liberians depend on. Veronique Mistiaen hears from environmental...

Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid won the Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a secret nuclear deal with Russia. Veronique...

The fiery Filipino environmentalist talks to Veronique Mistiaen.

Indian land rights activist Prafulla Samantara talks to Veronique Mistiaen.

He puts his life on the line to protect the Democratic Republic of Congo's national parks.

Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been transforming lives through...

Veronique Mistiaen looks at how Positive News is putting the reins of its business in readers’ hands.

Ikal Angelei is winning the fight to save Lake Turkana from Ethiopia's Gibe III dam.

‘Uncle’ Saddam was a constant and sinister presence in Zainab Salbi’s childhood years. She grew up determined to fight injustice...