Reports

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:03 GMT Author: Marko Phiri By Marko Phiri BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thobekile Mpofu was 15 when she got pregnant to a 41-year-old man who quickly…

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI, Dec 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Child marriage is on the rise in Ethiopia due to the worst drought in decades, the government and agencies said on Friday, as Oxfam warned of a…

Author: Katy Migiro NAIROBI, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Former child soldiers in South Sudan said they took up arms to defend themselves after being beaten and almost drowned by government soldiers, and they might return…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Wed, 9 Dec 2015 19:04 GMT By Marko Phiri BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Janet Dube knows the pain of raising a child born with HIV. Her four-year-old son is one…

Author: Laurie Goering QUDENI, South Africa, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Eunice Khanyile opened a soup kitchen in a rural village in South Africa last year to help HIV-positive residents get the nutrition needed to…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:16 GMT Author: Alex Whiting LONDON, Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Juliet Nalumu, overjoyed at her first pregnancy, visited her local hospital in eastern Uganda for a…

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Only one in three people in Tanzania has access to piped water despite government efforts to improve water supplies with most of the population still relying on…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 23 Nov 2015 07:32 GMT Author: Wesley Langat KIBOYA, Kenya, Nov 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a hot, windy afternoon in Kiboya village. Dusty leaves swirl around William Ekidor, his wife…

Author: Marko Phiri LUPANE, Zimbabwe, Nov 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Thabiso Dube isn't helping his mother at home, the scrawny 8-year-old is working alongside her, doing odd jobs in exchange for food. He should be in…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:56 GMT Author: Magda Mis By Magdalena Mis LONDON, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of people in Ethiopia are in need of food assistance as the El Nino…