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Five innovative ways India is combating its toilet problem

Despite growing prosperity, India accounts for most of the world’s open defecation. Ahead of World Toilet Day on November 19, here are five uniq

As Nigerian sex trafficking rises, Italy tracks crime kingpins

When Italian prosecutor Lina Trovato first came across a sex trafficking suspect called "Mummy", she sensed she was onto something especiall

Sokoto red goat: Leather industry in search of revival

The Sokoto red goat leather is considered one of the best in Nigeria. Even with the abundant Sokoto red goat in the market, the closure of Sokoto leat

In Niger, girl-child faces abuse, discrimination

The crowd at the old ERCC/Book Review Centre Minna, venue of this year’s International Day of the Girl-Child was thin. The assembly was also dev

Malnourished IDPs of Bama now happy entrepreneurs

When over 2,700 people with cases of malnutrition were brought from liberated communities in Bama local government area of Borno state to Maiduguri, t