A culture of shame is so strong that people put the safety of their own families at risk - but some couples are now overcoming the stigma together

A shelter in Abuja is devoted to rescuing twins from death within remote communities convinced of their evil powers

For a 12-year-old boy in a Lebanese refugee camp, learning about photography ended his isolation, and inspired him to get funding for a school there

When Islamist insurgents destroyed the city of Marawi, its women saw an opportunity to demand rights and freedoms previously unknown to them

Women’s empowerment has long been a development buzzword, but a narrow focus on getting women into low-paid work may be marginalising them further

A boom in the orphanage industry is fuelling concern that many institutions are run for economic benefit, with scant regulation, and are damaging children

When her parents told 14-year-old Sheskalo Pandey that it was time to get married, she had other ideas

Chinese demand for donkey gelatine is hammering the Chinese and African donkey populations, putting the price of donkeys out of reach for subsistence farmers

For a while it looked as if a plan to turn fruit waste into electricity might bring light for a giant Nigerian market – but then, like so many other power plans, nothing happened. When will renewables really come on line?

The country’s first cyber harassment helpline is providing legal and psychological support to women facing threats on social media platforms

The rains have been poor while demand for water grows along with the city - there are solutions but they demand radical action