As Sudan’s capital is slowly recovering from having been a theatre of war for two years, grassroots book fairs and cycling ...

Crystal meth, fentanyl and other drugs that are made in a laboratory are a booming business with global supply chains. Mexico ...

On the Indonesian volcanic island of Flores, a state-owned company is pushing ahead with controversial geothermal projects in ...

The city of Wazirabad is famous for its handcrafted cutlery. But workers who spend decades grinding and polishing metal can ...

As government efforts seem to fail, it is religious organisations that are building the country’s most effective drug ...

A World Bank-led initiative has attracted attention for its promising plans to improve water access to 1 billion people by ...

Numerous NGOs and political decision-makers have questioned the legitimacy of supplying military equipment – much of which is ...

Musa collects recyclable waste on the streets of the Nigerian city of Ilorin. His work feeds a growing recycling industry, ...

German car manufacturer Volkswagen, which in Tanzania has been known until now primarily for its car models popular with civil servants, is now in the spotlight for a different reason. It is funding a ...

India’s food-delivery riders spend their days moving meals from restaurant kitchens to customer doorsteps. Many of them, however, cannot afford to stop long enough to eat one themselves.

For many people in South Sudan, climate change means flooded homes, crop failures, dying livestock, closed schools and the search for water and grazing land. Yet, despite the severity of these impacts ...

China has undeniably come to play a key part in Africa’s development story. The crucial question now is whether African countries can shape this role in line with their own visions.