It's a familiar sight in parts of East Africa - starving children, desiccated carcasses and parched landscapes. 17 million face the threat of hunger. It's a man-made crisis.
Young swimmer Bunturabie Jalloh of Sierra Leone recently participated in Olympics in Brazil representing her country. She was selected to captain the team in...
In Nigeria, Boko Haram is recruiting women and girls to carry out suicide bomb attacks. NGOs and the Nigerian government are working to rescue these women and reintroduce them to society and their families.
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest are causing more people to feel alone, according to US psychologists.
A report suggests that more than...
Last week, a famine was declared in war-torn South Sudan.
Some 100,000 people are facing starvation, and a further million are classified as being on...
South Sudan, Africa's newest country, has remained in the throes of ethnic fighting and extreme economic crisis over the past three years and recently declared...
