Africa's farmers click with digital tools to boost crops
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
African sex workers face digital abuse as pandemic pushes them online
A lack of digital security awareness is leaving sex workers vulnerable to having their photos and videos shared without their consent
'Now, we are back to zero': Afghan businesswomen on the run
From CEOs to coffee shop owners, Afghan women entrepreneurs have shutdown their businesses and fled the country or gone into hiding, fearing reprisals after the Taliban's takeover.
Ghana's anti-gay bill condemned as 'state-sponsored' violence
United Nations experts said the bill, which makes it a crime to be LGBT+, could 'create a recipe for conflict and violence'
Ghana LGBT+ bill would threaten fight on HIV/AIDS, says UNAIDS
If passed, this legislation will drive LGBT+ people further away from HIV prevention, care and treatment services and endanger the advances made against the HIV epidemic in the last decade, says UNAIDS.
Ghana: Anti-gay bill seeks prison terms for LGBT+ people
A new draft law in the West African nation proposes jail time for those who identify as LGBT+, and for anyone who offers assistance to the LGBT+ community.
Ghana's first openly trans musician fights homophobia with song
Hiplife and Afropop artist Angel Maxine says her song aims to comfort LGBT+ Ghanaians facing threats from authorities and a rise in verbal and physical attacks from the public
Anger and fear in Ghana as bill seeks to criminalise LGBT+ people
Advocating for sexual minorities, sympathising or offering any assistance would be an offence punishable with up to 10 years in jail
UK aid cuts spark fears over parasitic killer that stalks the poor
Efforts to halt visceral leishmaniasis - the deadliest parasitic disease after malaria - are threatened by cuts to UK aid funding, say health workers
What should be done to end pandemic as G7 vaccine plan disappoints?
As the G7's vaccine plan faces criticism, the Thomson Reuters Foundation asked health experts and anti-poverty campaigners what steps are needed to end the pandemic