Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.

A new rule would bar National Resistance Movement party members who lose their primaries from running as independents in ...

Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show ...

Taslima Begum sews clothes at a factory in Ashulia, Bangladesh, where the industry remains a key economic driver. But after ...

Wiyanti, 55, who goes by the nickname Uum, poses for a portrait in her home in Condet, East Jakarta, weeks after an early ...

Mwesigwa Masagazi holds a photo of his late son, Ivan Sentongo, at his home in Buloba, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Sentongo, 23, was shot and killed by Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces soldiers in ...

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

A new agreement between DRC and Rwanda seeks to end violence in eastern DRC, but many local residents remain uncertain about armed group withdrawals and fear the deal will mainly benefit foreign ...

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.

Sahana David Menon, GPJ Sri Lanka Tea estate workers, standing in heavy rain, gather to demand a wage increase. K. Sathyawathy, middle in black rain jacket, is a 38-year-old widow who was born at ...

Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe Emily Muchabaiwa comforts her sister-in-law, Antonette Chisango, as she mourns the loss of her husband. Muchabaiwa wasn’t satisfied with her brother’s postmortem results, ...

In Uganda’s overcrowded camps, refugees survive on shrinking rations. But going home means walking back into war.