Mutoni is 12 and full of wonder. She lives in a quiet village in Gakenke District, where the lights often flicker out and where girls are still told that science is not for them.

Best intentions to create a green wall to capture millions of tons of carbon while tackling desertification are up against a lack of funding and banditry in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria.

Declaring the training open on Monday in Abuja, the Director-General of NILDS, Abubakar Sulaiman, said the programmes reflected the institute's enduring commitment to strengthening the competence of ...

Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale.

Lesotho's Government Assets Search and Recovery Task Team, set up to trace and recover looted state assets, has been abruptly disbanded after uncovering irregular land allocations that implicate the ...

Analysis - Working collectively, companies can use their market power to drive corruption from their sectors and reap the financial rewards.

Analysis - Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice.