All Africa
How one Madagascar program grooms young entrepreneurs, leadersThe Young Women Leadership Program has been creating entrepreneurial聽opportunities for young women across Madagascar since 2014. It gives them the confidence, leadership, and practical skills to build businesses of their own.聽
In rural West Africa, gardening offers women a way out of povertyIn Burkina Faso, the nonprofit organization La聽Saisonni猫re empowers rural women by teaching them skills like carpentry, sewing, and organic farming, which helps them contribute to their children's education and provide for their families.聽
Gay Kenyans hope for legal win, eyeing broader shift in AfricaGay sex is criminalized in more than 30 African countries today. But Kenyan LGBT activists hope they're on the verge of a legal victory that could spark change by pointing to growing acceptance within Africa, not just outside it.聽
'Hands off our president': Why Zuma's charges haven't nixed his supportSouth Africa's former president Jacob Zuma and crowds of his supporters were in Durban Friday for his brief court appearance. Many agree his trial is symbolic, but of what?
In areas displaced by Boko Haram, the lure of home comes with riskAs Nigerian officials push to return people displaced by the war with Boko Haram, aid agencies argue politics is being prioritized over safety. But for displaced families themselves, whether to go or stay is a wrenching decision.
First LookZimbabwe's Mnangagwa promises fair and open general electionPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will hold an internationally monitored general election July 30 鈥� the first monitored election since 2002 and one that could prompt a reinstatement of financial aid by foreign lenders.
Bride price: Young South African women weigh freedom and traditionYoung women in South Africa are working to reconcile their rights with tradition by working to find middle ground on "lobola,"聽or bride price, a practice that some say demeans women.聽
As Ebola outbreak grows, Congo puts public health lessons to the testIn the wake of the West African Ebola epidemic, there was both anger and grief over claims that the world had responded too slowly. But today, as new cases are reported in Congo, many public health groups are determined not to repeat the past.
In a Nigerian melting pot, living 鈥� and loving 鈥� despite Boko HaramMaiduguri has endured Boko Haram attacks for nearly a decade. But many Nigerians here try to carry on with their normal lives 鈥� including the city鈥檚 tradition of tolerance.
FocusWarming waters hurt Zanzibar's seaweed. But women farmers have a plan.Climate change is threatening Zanzibar's seaweed industry, and the gains that it has given farmers, who are mostly women: not just income, but newfound authority. Now they're fighting back, collaborating with researchers to protect their crops.
A worker strike puts Nigeria鈥檚 health-care flaws in spotlightNigeria鈥檚 president has routinely left the country for medical care. Meanwhile, hospital workers struggle with difficult conditions. Now they're on strike but are wrestling with the ethical implications of the president's choice as well as their own.
First LookTunisia's Jews and Muslims join to celebrate religious toleranceTunisia is home to one of North Africa's largest Jewish communities, and Jews have lived in Tunisia since Roman times. Each year, dozens of Muslims participate in聽Jewish religious ceremonies in the oldest synagogue in Africa to promote聽interreligious tolerance.聽
First LookReturning LRA hostages greeted by land conflicts in UgandaFormer hostages of the LRA rebel group are slowly coming back to their homes to find聽their land burnt or occupied by neighbors. An聽organization is holding mediation and reconciliation sessions for communities to discuss issues of concern with elders.聽
Cover StorySqueezing more out of taps: How Cape Town cut consumption in halfThe South African city has avoided becoming the world's first to run out of water 鈥� for now. It's 'good to learn these lessons now,' one water engineer says. 'Cape Town isn't the only city in the world that's going to need them for the future.'
In Congo, a new national museum renews quest to reclaim historyCongo's national museum has languished for years, decades after former dictator-president Mobutu Sese Seko built it as part of his quest to redefine the country's identity after colonialism. But perhaps no one knows better than the Congolese how complicated it is to build a country 鈥� or a museum.
First LookBelgian artist helps Ethiopia engineer the perfect chickenResearchers in Ethiopia are working with a Belgian conceptual artist to crossbreed indigenous chickens for African farmers. The chickens, which tend to be stronger and more resilient聽to disease,聽may help fight against malnutrition across Sub-Saharan Africa.
For South Africa's students, college means promise 鈥� if they can get thereCollege access has grown dramatically since the end of apartheid, particularly for black students. But so has awareness of the challenges they face trying to graduate. And for many, like star student Naledi and her family, that struggle starts before they step on campus.
First LookIvory Coast, chocolate giants team up to make cocoa production more sustainableIvory Coast is the world's biggest cocoa producer, but agriculture of the plant has led to mass deforestation. In order to prevent losing all its forest cover by 2034, the country is exploring new ways of tracking cocoa production and developing agroforests.
First LookBurundians reunite with childhood savior, this time as refugees in RwandaMaggy Barankitse,聽who once rescued hundreds of children聽during Burundi's civil war, has reunited with many of them as adults as they flee to neighboring Rwanda. Refugees can now work in a restaurant opened by Ms.聽Barankitse in Kigali and run by refugees.
First LookThread war: Rwanda takes a stand against cheap, secondhand clothes from the USRwanda has raised tariffs on secondhand clothing shipped from the US claiming the cheaply sold cast-offs undermine local textile companies. In response, the US is suspending duty-free status for clothing manufactured in Rwanda.聽