Africa

Mgcini Nyoni laments the constant abuse of women’s and girls’ rights in his home country.

Filed in: Women Zimbabwe

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod report on the ongoing nightmare for 81 asylum seekers. 

Filed in: Human Rights Refugees Somalia Ukraine

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa team up to resist Western financial domination, reports Lasanda Kurukulasuriya.

Filed in: Brazil China Finance India Iran Russia South Africa United States World Bank

Beauty contests are now big business, but have lost their appeal for Lauri Kubuitsile in her latest Letter From Botswana.

Filed in: Botswana Culture Women

Mary Namakando digs out facts and ratings on one of Southern Africa’s most politically stable countries and probes President Sata’s grapple with corruption.

Filed in: Democracy Economics Politics Wealth Zambia

Time to take aim at the tyrannical President of Equatorial Guinea in this month’s ‘Worldbeater’.

Filed in: Equatorial Guinea Oil Politics Wealth

Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.

Filed in: Africa Human Rights Mining Wealth Zimbabwe

Nick Harvey and Julien Tremblin look at the plight of Tuareg refugees caught in the crossfire of a conflict that’s as devastating as it is complex.

Filed in: Algeria Burkina Faso Conflict Hunger Mali Mauritania Migration Niger Refugees

More than 13 million people are at risk of hunger in the Sahel. Jack Craze reports on reactions and reasons why.

Filed in: Disasters Food Mali

Kony 2012 went uber-viral but how do those affected feel about it? Georgiana Keate speaks to Victor Ochen, who screened the film in Uganda.

Filed in: Human Rights Uganda

Zambia claims it is owed $1 billion in tax from mining transnationals, but will Glencore & co clean up their act?

Filed in: Economics Mining Zambia