A multimillion-dollar drive to circumcise the majority of Swazi males between the age of 15 and 49 within a year has failed to reach its target.
In the 1980s Iraqi women enjoyed more basic rights than other women in the region, but years of dictatorship has led to deterioration in their status.
Sporadic armed clashes, looting of orphanages, recruitment into armies, and widespread school closures have made life perilous for CAR’s children.
Uganda’s government and the UN Refugee Agency have launched a pilot mobile court system to improve access to justice for victims of crimes.
The M23 rebellion, the latest of a string of armed insurgencies in the DRC’s North Kivu province, has been active for one year now.
SA’s gold mines are estimated to have the highest number of new TB cases in the world, making the disease a leading export to neighbouring countries.
A major maize shortage has sent the price of maize meal spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby government to consider importing GM maize.
New data from the World Bank has revealed African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
Concerns have been raised that the International Criminal Court probe into Mali war crimes is placing serious strain on an over-stretched body.