A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical ...

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

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most prestigious ...

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

Mwesigwa Masagazi holds a photo of his late son, Ivan Sentongo, at his home in Buloba, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Sentongo, ...

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

Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show only a fraction of what’s really moving out of the country.

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.

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

Disowned by their families, evicted by their landlords, and persecuted by the state, LGBTQ Ugandans have fewer and fewer places to turn.

Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...