Legal and social attitudes towards LGBTQ persons in Africa vary significantly within societies and between countries.

Ahead of the election in Zimbabwe, those opposing the government in power are on the receiving end of most violence

German and Ghanaian scientists are cooperating to involve local people more in protecting a UNESCO biosphere reserve

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Due to religious belief and culture, many women in Malawi do not want to go to hospital and be screened for cervical cancer

To expand the Kakuma refugee camp, the Kalobeyei settlement was established in Kenya, providing shelter to refugees mostly from South Sudan

At the midway point to achieving the SDGs, the number of starving and extremely poor people is rising once again, civil-society organisations lament

In Uganda, nature, herders and farmers compete for land resources. Better planning is needed – and it must involve local communities

Ghana’s prisons are extremely overcrowded. To tackle that problem, human-rights activists call for more non-custodial sentences such as parole or community services

Germany has to withdraw quickly from Mali – one reason for this is that the Federal Government failed to learn the lessons of Afghanistan