Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is grappling with a housing crisis that has spiraled into one of the biggest challenges of urban life.

Long queues in the rain, daily four-hour trips in a public taxi, the constant threat of road accidents, and nearly having to ...

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

In the first of a two-part series, experts warn that without urgent action, drug-resistant infections could cause millions of ...

Victor Osimhen shares his journey from growing up in Lagos' Olusosun slums to becoming a star at Galatasaray, as he prepares ...

Zohran Mamdani's face been all over the news for the last 24 hours after being voted in as the next mayor of New York City.

High levels of inequality, within and between countries, are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics, making pandemics more economically disruptive and deadly, and making them last longer; ...

We found this position not realistic as it underestimates the bigger picture regarding the impact of crowding external ...

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Approximately 120 people were reported killed during a large-scale operation targeting members of Rio de Janeiro’s largest ...

Children, too, are not spared. Left to nannies and screens, they grow up amid abundance but starved of affection. When rebellion comes, it often arrives in coded form – vaping, codeine cocktails, or ...