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Two men walk into the dock at a Uganda court on Wednesday. Their alleged crime: homosexuality. They're the first people in this African country charged with a tougher new anti-gay law that aims to ...

LONDON, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average ...

May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Otajar John heard senior citizens would be given 25,000 Ugandan shillings ($7) per month as part of a new government welfare scheme, he jumped at the chance ...

In the dead of night, as wild animals howled nearby, Syrian migrant Aras Mahmoud clung to his children as they slept on damp grass in the Bulgarian mountains en route to Serbia, praying that his ...

Most countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, with North Korea ranked worst in the world LONDON, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 percent of countries ...

C40 network of mayors said filling up buses and trains that were emptied by the COVID-19 crisis can help cities revitalise their economy and tackle climate change LONDON, March 30 (Thomson Reuters ...

Reverend Angela Martin of the Maryland Poor People's Campaign takes part in a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Sept 8 (Reuters) - ...

R&B singer John Chiti's latest track, "Corona virus", is about the way people with disabilities have been forgotten during the crisis Coronavirus is changing the world in unprecedented ways. Subscribe ...

Faced with escalating violence, a lack of funding, and locked out of male-dominated networks, many women are reluctant to enter politics with growing concerns that a drive to get women into power ...

BANGKOK, Dec 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Cambodia's central bank launched a pilot for a digital payment system in July 2019, its aim was to increase financial inclusion in the country and ...