‘Period poverty’ activists tackle menstrual taboos [rebroadcast] At this year’s Academy Awards a film called “Period. End of Sentence” won the Oscar for best short documentary. The movie focused on the...
Child soldiers: a persistent problem Thousands of children have been used as soldiers in at least 18 countries around the world in the past two years. For the children who survive, the...
Fixing Africa’s booming cities Back in 1950, Kenya’s largest city Nairobi was a sleepy colonial town of about 100,000. But as tens of thousands of people from the country...
In Tanzania, a broad assault on free expression "Freedom of expression is under pressure in almost every sector of society I can think of." When two researchers from the Committee to Protect...
The problem of child soldiers Thousands of children have been used as soldiers in at least 18 countries around the world in the past two years. For the children who survive, the...
Central African journalist sees light for war-torn nation The data on the Central African Republic can be daunting. The country ranks dead last on the U.N.'s most recent Human Development Index, which...
South Sudan’s standoff When South Sudan became a country in 2011, there was a lot of optimism in a nation where people had endured decades of conflict to win independence...
Orphanage ‘tourism’ draws scrutiny To people in the U.S., an orphanage sounds like an outdated concept. Many of us only remember seeing them in movies like “Annie” Orphanages...
Congo’s retreat from democracy After more than 16 years in power, the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila was to step down after his term expired in...
Africans with albinism face discrimination, attacks [program] People in rural parts of Tanzania and other areas of East Africa face a lot of challenges. But life can be particularly difficult for people with...
