Cashless corruption: Crooks get creative as anti-graft laws bite
From dodgy contract requirements to spurious hospitality charges, the practice of corruption has never been more inventive
New intake of journalists attending Revenue Watch/TRF Extractives programme
Good governance of oil, gas and mining (extractive) resources and revenues requires effective oversight. A knowledgeable and active media is critical to having an informed and engaged public, civil society and parliament that can hold government to account. However, in many resource-rich countries, journalists often lack knowledge and skills in investigating extractives-related issues. Many also face challenges due to a lack of resources for investigative journalism and payment by concerned parties to write on a particular subject that undermine the independence of the reports.
When national disasters go global
Drought in the US, a big exporter, could hit global food security and aid
Uganda: Creating a Healthier Future for Our Youth
As early marriages, pregnancies, botched illegal abortions, and sexually transmitted diseases threaten to end childhood for Uganda's girls, Ikirimat Grace Odeke fights for their missing futures.
One Child One World? ? Helping Ghana's Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to an estimated 53 million orphans ? 12% of all children in the region. Most orphaned children are taken in by extended family, but with almost half of Africans living on less than a dollar a day, these children often become an unmanageable burden. As a result, a large number of orphans end up living in residential facilities.
Can a game combat malaria?
Humans vs. Mosquitos, an innovation based on "rock, paper, scissors", is helping people make good choices on how to battle malaria in the face of climate change
US news networks wake up to extreme weather and climate change
Reporting on this summer's heat wave could help push climate change back into everyday conversations
Chinese journalists hone business reporting skills
Thomson Reuters Foundation conducted a five-day business and finance reporting course in Beijing attended by journalists from Chinese media organizations such as Xinhua, China Daily and CCTV.
VIDEO: Decoding science, reducing risk
Deploying an appropriate scientific approach to measuring risk is key to disaster management
Argentina: 500,000 Reasons to Legalize Abortion
As women's reproductive rights come under threat in the US, activist and devoted single mom Nasreenamina reminds us that the right to choose is a universal issue with dire consequences for many.