Decades after the country introduced quotas, phantom candidacies and political deals still stifle women’s representation.

Months after an informal settlement’s demolition, the site is under development as displaced residents grapple with ...

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United by grief, they’re fighting to make the former president answer for extrajudicial killings during his campaign against ...

The short-lived sale is just the latest example in a long line of inconsistent policies, says Ithiel Mavesere, a lecturer in ...

Women who lived through Indonesia’s anti-communist terror blend art and protest to block government plans that would honor ...

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

The price of doing business in Zimbabwean gold — the country’s latest currency — is too steep for many retailers, who can’t compete with an informal market still churning on US dollars.

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In East Africa, concerns for food security are quickly followed by concerns for food sovereignty. And in Uganda, farmers worry they won’t have a say.

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.