Tanzanian child victims of witchcraft attacks get new limbs
Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs, fingers, and teeth in superstition-driven attacks made their way home this week after receiving prosthetics.
Drought hits Somaliland’s most vulnerable
A severe drought intensified by El Niño has hit Somaliland and Puntland, Save the Children is providing emergency medical care to malnourished children in self-declared Somaliland’s Borama Hospital.
Child marriage in Gaza
One morning, Reuters photographer Mohammad Salem received a phone call from a friend asking if he was interested in covering a wedding in the north of the Gaza Strip. The bride Tala Soboh is 14 years old, and her husband Ahmed is 15.
Female drug addicts in Tanzania
Up to 50,000 Tanzanians living in its largest city, Dar es Salaam are drug users, according to the charity Medecins Du Monde.
5 facts: why small-scale fishery matters
500 million people depend on small-scale fishery for their livelihoods. Here are 5 facts about the importance of small-scale fishery
5 facts you didn't know about UN peacekeepers
There are 97,729 people serving in UN peacekeeping missions worldwide. Nearly 4% of them are women. Here are 5 facts you didn't know about UN peacekeepers
5 facts you didn't know about women and land
Worldwide, over the past 50 years restrictions on women’s property rights have been reduced by half, yet still less than 20% of landholders are women. Here are 5 facts you didn't know about women and land: