Most marriages in Zimbabwe are customary rather than legal unions that, if ended by divorce or death, leave the women empty handed.  But a court ruling last year granted women the right to equal property if the...

Humanitarian operations are underway to provide life-saving assistance to tens of thousands of people in Mozambique devastated by Tropical Cyclone Eloise.  At least six people reportedly have died and more than 176,000 have been affected.  Tropical...

The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), a press freedom group, says at least 14 journalists have been arrested and a radio station attacked in the country in just three weeks. The group condemned the latest attacks on...