“We Need New Names” is NoViolet Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel about a young impoverished African girl who eventually moves to ...

An analysis of the gut microbiome in women from four African countries provides crucial data for this under-represented ...

MA Poverty & Development alumna Molly Charker shares how she has applied the knowledge and skills she learnt at IDS.

Kenya’s digital revolution is not just about mobile banking or e-commerce; it’s breaking barriers in critical areas like sexual and reproductive health and rights. For adolescents and youth—who make ...

The East African Rift, a tectonic divide that runs through Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania ... The East African Rift Valley: A peek into future geography The East African Rift isn’t merely an opening in ...

The private sector is committed to supporting the efforts of the gov­ernment and cited GCB Bank as an example in its efforts to deliver ‘Prosperity,’ Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC (GCB), Kofi ...

Few transition from security guard to master’s-holding teacher, but 46-year-old David Barasa Okumu from Navakholo, Kakamega, ...

Nigeria faces a dual crisis of violence against women and children. Alarming rates of child abuse and femicide reflect deep ...

Kwale County has some characteristics of the US Deep South; rural, religious and culturally conservative. A recent visit ...

Victor Kiarie's solution to Africa's fast-growing concrete sprawl is to redefine African urban design so that it is defined ...

The inaugural Black Europe Film Festival of Minneapolis / Saint Paul, a showcase of Afrodescendant cinema from across Europe, ...

The ambitious Agenda 2063, heralded as Africa 39;s blueprint for socio-economic transformation, set out with high hopes for a ...