“Every day I would spend hours in the forest, cutting wood, and making coal to sell in Masimbi. I don’t have to do that now,”
Last month, a five-year-old girl in Sierra Leone died after being brutally raped. Why has this happened yet again, and…
In a country with some of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality, water and sanitation improvements at health centers are preventing infections and saving lives.
Sometimes low-tech fixes to development problems can provide brilliant solutions.
This year, the UN is focused on the urgent need to meet autonomy and independence of older persons without forgetting the urgency to shield them from violence, abuse, and neglect.
Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions.
I am sitting here in Washington, D.C., in pseudo-lockdown in my apartment, working remotely in an effort to slow the…
