Africa: Spotlight Gives Hope to Africa's Hunted Albinos

In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, people with albinism are attacked for their body parts which are prized in witchcraft for use as lucky charms or in magic potions Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Rape Survivors Win Right to Abortion in Landmark Court Ruling

Campaigners say Kenya's strict abortion law has driven thousands of women and girls to unregulated clinics run by untrained medical practitioners Read more »

Nigeria: Armed With Maps and Music, Nigeria's Slum Dwellers Fight Evictions

Many residents live in waterfront areas, on land with prime real-estate value and have no official housing documentation - making them especially vulnerable to evictions Read more »

Kenya: FGM Survivor's Film Urges Women Not to 'Die in Silence'

As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), as it was normal for girls. Read more »

Botswana: Factbox - 10 Countries That Have Decriminalised Gay Sex

Botswana decriminalised homosexuality on Tuesday, with the High Court overturning a colonial-era law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison. Read more »

Kenya: Scores of LGBT+ Refugees in Kenya Slum Face Homophobic Attacks, Eviction

Many of the more than 750 LGBT+ refugees in Kenya are forced to live in the shadows and pushed to the brink due to a lack of protection, safe housing and employment Read more »

Africa: Subsidise Solar Mini-Grids to Power Rural Africa, Investors Urge

Solar mini-grids have huge potential to electrify rural areas in developing nations, but the risks are still too high for private capital Read more »

Africa: Can Continent Tap Into 'Debt-for-Nature' Plan to Protect Its Forests?

African countries may want to explore the opportunities presented by a recently-passed United States law that offers cuts in debt obligations to eligible nations that commit to… Read more »

Africa: It Is Time to Control Fishing On the High Seas to Protect the Life of the Ocean

Between mineral exploitation, pollution, climate change and over-fishing, ocean life and the coastal communities in developing countries who depend on it are under threat. Read more »

South Sudan: New App Seeks to Reunite 'Lost Children' With Families

While more than 6,000 children have been reunited with their families, thousands are still living with temporary foster families or in care centres Read more »

Togo: Nation Failing in Mission to Eradicate Child Labour, Says UN Rapporteur

Togo ranks 45th out of 167 countries on the Modern Slavery Index, which estimates that 50,000 people are slaves in the country of 7.4 million Read more »

Africa: UN Finds 115 Million 'Child Grooms' With Central African Republic Topping List

Children married young tend to leave school, have limited economic opportunities, and are more vulnerable to abuse and mental health problems than those who marry later Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's First Lady Confronted Over FGM Controversy

First Lady Fatima Bio angered activists this year when she said in a televised interview that, as a circumcised woman, she would not speak out against FGM Read more »

Cameroon: Country Tops List of World's Most Neglected Displacement Crises

A conflict that has forced half a million people from their homes in Cameroon was on Wednesday named the world's most neglected displacement crisis by aid workers who said the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Economic Crisis Driving Homeless Boys Into Illegal Gay Sex Trade

On a sunny morning in the central business district of Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo, 14-year-old Tapiwa is basking in the sunlight on a busy pavement. Read more »

Cameroon: Africa's Next Full-Blown War Can Still Be Averted

Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Read more »

Ghana: A Sweet Deal? Study Shows Higher Cocoa Prices Could End Child Labour

Ghana could end child labour on cocoa farms by increasing the prices it pays impoverished farmers by about 50%, a U.S. study said on Wednesday, as global efforts to end child… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Listening Projects Take Cues From Community to Improve Response

Working in Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2015, researcher Katherina Thomas noticed that while experts and aid workers had lots to say, no one was listening to ordinary… Read more »

Africa: 10 Facts About Air Pollution On World Environment Day

Nobody is safe from air pollution, the United Nations warned on World Environment Day, with nine out of 10 people on the planet now breathing polluted air. Read more »

Africa: 10 Facts On Growing Legal Access to Abortion Worldwide

26 countries ban abortion outright, even where a woman's life is at risk. These countries are home to 90 million women of reproductive age Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's President Vows to Push for More Women in Power and End FGM

Kenyatta said Kenya would make it compulsory for parents to send all children to primary and secondary school, which would boost girls' opportunities and empower them to be future… Read more »

Africa: Abortion Map Shows U.S. Bans in 'Stark Contrast' to Global Trend

Reproductive rights experts say bans do not stop abortions but drive them underground, causing an estimated 23,000 deaths a year Read more »

Africa: It's (Still) a Man's World As Equality Pledges Fail 1.4 Billion Women

World leaders are failing 1.4 billion girls and women on promises of a fairer future, according to a global index launched at the world's biggest gender equality conference. Read more »

Africa: Tough At the Top - Girls Believe Female Leaders Suffer Widespread Harassment

More than nine in 10 girls and young women said female bosses could expect unwanted physical contact and to be treated unfairly Read more »

Zimbabwe: As Zimbabwe's Forests Fall, Timber Shortage Tightens Screws On Carpenters

With little law enforcement, forests are being cut down for settlement, tobacco-curing or cooking fuel - and small businesses that depend on timber are feeling the pinch Read more »