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

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

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.

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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.

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

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

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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 ...