by Nita Bhalla | @nitabhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation The number of people in need of food aid has risen by almost 70 percent to 1.1 million since August NAIROBI, March 19 (Thomson Reuters...
Unusually high temperatures, on top of a lack of rainfall, are hitting crops and livestock, officials say By Lungelo Ndlovu BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite a dry...
By Rafiqul Islam Kept at home by an increase in storm warnings, fishermen are struggling to feed their families HATIYA, Bangladesh, March 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Abul Kalam Maji has been...
Rend Al-Rahim says peace talks are "a matter of life and death", and nobody understands that more than women By Heba Kanso BEIRUT, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women are the "primary...
Cultural heritage should be considered a priority in rebuilding cities after conflict or natural disaster, but it is often missing from local and international strategies By Carey L. Biron...
Mauritania was the last country to abolish slavery - in 1981 - and only criminalised it in 2007. By Nellie Peyton NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mbarka Mint Essatim was 23 when she...
'Fragile states' can still be win-win destinations for those seeking to run profitable businesses that also improve the lives of the needy By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)...
by Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota | Thomson Reuters Foundation Thursday, 21 February 2019 09:00 GMT About 12,000 FARC members, including 6,000 combatants, demobilized under peace accord that...
By Kagondu Njagi LOSIRIEN, Kenya, Feb 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The morning calm of Losirien valley was broken by a cow bell tinkling as Benjamin Kerei led his herd of about 50 animals down a...
By Sebastien Malo As droughts becomes harsher, killing animals, adding in vegetable farming - and other money makers - is paying off for pastoralists DEMIKA, Ethiopia, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters...