Africa's COVID-19 case fatality rate surpasses global level
Africa's youthful population previously kept death rates lower than world averages - but as nations face a tough second wave they are now rising
100 hours in the dark: How an election internet blackout hit poor Ugandans
Internet freedom monitor Netblocks calculates that the almost five-day shutdown would have cost the Ugandan economy around $9 million
Egypt's cabinet toughens law banning female genital mutilation
Perpetrators could be jailed for up to 20 years under amendments aimed at stamping out the ancient practice
OPINION: Moving beyond Paris, India steps up its climate ambitions
The country aims to be 'a leader in thought and action on climate', its foreign secretary says
U.S. to join COVID vaccine push for poor nations, remain WHO member - Fauci
The United States under President Joe Biden is to join the COVAX vaccine facility that aims to deliver vaccines to poor countries
COVAX says to supply 1.8 bln COVID vaccine doses to poor in '21, warns of uncertainties
The COVAX vaccine sharing platform said it aimed to deliver 1.8 billion COVID-19 doses to poorer countries in 2021
Journalists complete Russian-language COVID-19 Crisis Reporting Hub training
The Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Fritt Ord Foundation ran a nine-week online training for Russian-speaking journalists, aimed at equipping the cohort with the core skills and information they need to report on the pandemic.
Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step for U.S. climate action
Hopes are high that Joe Biden will kickstart U.S. involvement in global climate diplomacy and set an ambitious 2030 target to cut his country's planet-heating emissions
European firms improve gender diversity scores in pandemic year, study finds
Companies from Norway, France, Britain, Finland and Sweden led the rankings, with Switzerland and newly represented Poland at the bottom of the table
OPINION: The problem with ‘spotting the signs’ of modern slavery
The privileging of awareness-raising as a solution to modern slavery benefits the conditions that create exploitation