Nov 13 (Openly) - Namibia's High Court will rule next May in a case that could see the southern African country overturn a colonial-era ban on same-sex relations. Friedel Dausab, who is gay, is ...

JOHANNESBURG/ACCRA, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Alongside the food, clothing and nappies gifted to a shelter for South African flood victims, one donation proved especially popular - a ...

TURKU, Finland, May 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Famed for its medieval castle and lofty cathedral, Finland's oldest city is winning admirers for a less likely attraction as it strives to be one ...

DHAKA, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twelve-year-old Alamin's house rested on the bank of the Ilsha river in southern Bangladesh until last year, when the surging river eroded it and the family ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The damaged furniture and mud-caked walls left by floodwaters have now been replaced or cleaned in Elizabeth Chong's family home, but lost forever ...

A new AI-based study compares cities' trees and lakes to how much concrete they have, to gauge their ability to respond to climate shocks DURBAN, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate ...

Ukraine by land, air and sea, triggering a massive displacement of people, including more than 8 million Ukrainians within the country, according to the International Organization for Migration. The ...

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 ...

Africa has the world's youngest population, and youth activists from Sudan to South Africa have been vocal in pushing for bolder policy action DURBAN, Dec 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate ...

NAIROBI, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Until a year ago, it would take Pamela Auma a whole month to prepare the land on her farm in western Kenya for planting ahead of the rainy season. With ...

Young people's feelings of anger, fear and powerlessness arise less from environmental damage than from the unwillingness of adults to stop it, researchers find LONDON, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Without immediate action to combat climate change, rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within ...