Following a skirmish in May, life in Sa Kaeo on Thailand's border with Cambodia has been disrupted. Locals said they fear another protracted conflict like they have seen many times in the past.

A recent surge in violence has residents and observers concerned that the Islamist armed groups Boko Haram and its rival splinter faction, the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), are ...

Conflict in Sudan, coups in the Sahel and the breakaway of three West African nations raise questions about the strength of the AU and ECOWAS. Are these continental and regional bodies still relevant ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to global warming by acting as a greenhouse gas, trapping heat in the atmosphere. This occurs because CO2 absorbs infrared radiation (heat) emitted from the Earth's ...

In Uganda, low-cost, clay-based earthen floors are a cleaner alternative to dirt floors and cheaper and more eco-friendly than concrete.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended a ceremony on Saturday marking the start of construction for a new $167 billion mega dam project in Tibet.

Despite the old adage that a woman's place is in the kitchen, the world of gastronomy tells a different story. In France, while women make up 35 percent of professional kitchen staff, only 19 percent ...

Halving food waste would provide another 13 extra days and replacing 50% of global meat consumption with plant-based alternatives would add seven days from CO2 emissions and land use alone. Just one ...

For the past six years, Morocco has endured a severe drought that has drastically affected agriculture and water availability. Olive groves and vineyards have withered, and wells in remote mountain ...

After having just lifted a controversial 18-month freeze on asylum rulings, Germany is being pressed to grant full refugee ...

Over 76,000 Nigerians in Cameroon's Minawao Refugee Camp are facing severe hunger due to cuts in humanitarian aid. In ...

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