Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their ...

Girls warm up for a soccer match as part of activities against early child marriages and teen pregnancies at a school in ...

Racist “culture” explanations for African underdevelopment are falseGeography, climate, and trade shaped societies more than ...

Our bond with cats – which has seen them go from hunter to house pet – may be more diverse than with any other animal. And ...

To assign a rating is to assign a place in the global economic order—to decide who deserves credit and who must atone for risk. In this theater, Africa appears as a pupil under constant ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on October 16. Check what happened ...

Women and girls in rural Zimbabwe are reviving Nhanga, an ancient custom traditionally used to prepare girls to marriage, and ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Kenyans continue to mourn former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former Lagdera MP Mohamed Muktar Shidiye penned a touching ...