* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A foreign conflict has exposed Africa’s dependence on imports and is galvanising action ...

John Knox, a professor at Wake Forest University, was the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment from 2012 to 2018. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, who is a member of the Kankana-ey ...

Use of facial recognition technology to identify women breaking hijab law puts them at greater risk of abuse, activists say Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law Technology ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. To support business efforts to protect the planet, companies are calling for joined-up ...

Africa has the world's youngest population, and youth activists from Sudan to South Africa have been vocal in pushing for bolder policy action DURBAN, Dec 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As ...

ARCHIVE PICTURE: Kenyans with plastic containers search for water along a road, some 56 km (35 miles) from Wajir in northeastern Kenya January 12, 2006. For centuries Kenya's pastoralists have ...

Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalise slavery LONDON, Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

BANGKOK, Nov 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - China's new law aimed at protecting the data privacy of online users takes effect on Monday, as growing complaints about online fraud and abuse of ...

What we choose to eat, how we move around and how these activities contribute to climate change is receiving a lot of media attention. In this context, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and ...

From renting tractors to monitoring crops by satellite, a slew of agri-tech innovations have emerged over the last decade to serve Africa's long-neglected small-scale farmers * Smallholder farmers ...

When women enter politics, they make a difference. So why are so few in the highest ranks of power?

Most countries are at high risk of using slave labour in their supply chains, with North Korea ranked worst in the world By Lin Taylor LONDON, Aug 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 60 ...