Special Reports

The University of Cambridge said on Tuesday it would conduct a two-year academic study of how it benefited from or validated the Atlantic slave trade and other forms of coerced...

Half a century ago farmers grew rice, sesame and pulses on the land around Myint Soe’s village in Myanmar. Now only paddy fields remain. Technology has made farming easier but...

Mariam Nabatanzi's son carries a meal at their family home in Kasawo village, Mukono district, east of Kampala, Uganda March 7, 2019. Courtesy: REUTERS/James Akena Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to...

Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe,...

The National Park Service says its collaboration with researchers has led to new discoveries of some plants and animals that may have potency against cancer and HIV and AIDS. Alhaji...

A new research has revealed that children from low-income backgrounds, where parents have a low level of education, have weaker brain activity and are more likely to be distracted. The...

Rescued Chibok Girls Five years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram, freed Chibok girls have nightmares about their 100 missing classmates and are burdened by guilt for surviving, while shielding...

Edith, a 51-year-old housewife, finds it difficult to listen to the radio or watch television in April, the month marking Rwanda’s annual reminder of its 1994 genocide. Songs and programs...

Every weekday, Aline Uwase Turatsinze gets up, washes her face and rides a motorbike to the site where more than 60 members of her family were buried after being murdered....

Last year, 5 young Nigerian students won a gold scholarship in the prestigious finals of the Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley. Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and...