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

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 ...

The issue doesn’t affect Kyambogo University alone. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, in October 2019 security ...

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

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

Kongsi 8 gives women and gender minority artists a space to come together and create in the face of worsening repression.

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

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...

A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain programs. Medical programs are particularly affected.

Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.

Danger at home and hunger in exile Across East Africa, thousands of refugee families like hers, particularly from South Sudan, the world’s youngest country which has spent much of its short life in a ...