Taslima Begum sews clothes at a factory in Ashulia, Bangladesh, where the industry remains a key economic driver. But after ...

With Chinese bank loans overdue, Harare charges residents for major upgrades that were never completed.

Mwesigwa Masagazi holds a photo of his late son, Ivan Sentongo, at his home in Buloba, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Sentongo, ...

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Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa. After months of fighting in Lubero ...

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

The unlicensed workers use what they have to combat health fears in Uganda’s top salt-producing lake. A new law is supposed to offer protections. So far, little is on the way.

Pupils and parents say the forced examinations – condemned by the United Nations – traumatize girls. A group of student activists is demanding the practice ends.