With conservatism on the rise, the capital’s third-gender and trans people retreat from public life, erasing the identities ...

A key commission vets judicial candidates to weed out unethical prospects. Watchdogs say it’s failing that duty.

Voters, Barigayomwe says, see politicians’ relatives as guarantors of continuity. It’s part of the reason Simon Peter Higenyi ...

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

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — The state government in this country’s richest and most populous city wants to move its headquarters. It plans to construct more than a dozen buildings and radically transform the ...

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

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

And outlining what it will take to get it back. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital ...

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 ...

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

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating. BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Thanks to a tip from friends, Sanju Mahato crossed Nepal’s border into India, walked into a pharmacy, and ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE and LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t from Zambia at all. Michael is one of them. “We are over 100 Zimbabweans in a class of 140 students,” ...