Africa, World

Zimbabwean police can now access polling stations, according to recent changes made to the electoral law. This could intimidate voters, say concerned...

The Liberian government has created a special court to deal with not only rising rape cases, but also other forms of violence against women,...

Kidal region Citizens are divided on what should be the next steps following the latest round of violence between Tuareg rebels and Malian army...

Clara Moyo, 50, has 11 children and three grandchildren. She went back to school a few years ago, and is now in grade 10 at the same secondary school...

Becky Mugisha* had been ill with a hacking cough for three months before she was admitted into one of Kampala’s busiest tuberculosis (TB) wards, but...

By early evening the corridors of the Soldier Bar brothel in a busy commercial area of Accra were already filled with long queues of young girls and...

The food crisis in northeastern Uganda's Karamoja region has reached such a dire level that more than one million people are in need of emergency...

A presidential decree suspending due process and clamping down on civil liberties following a two-day rebel attack on the capital was later also used...

Mothers and children in South Africa are dying in alarming numbers. Far from being on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing...

The political crisis in Kenya caused major population movements that may require a repeat of cartographic mapping in some areas before the 2009...