The director general of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that a war between two adjacent villages during the last week in June resulted in…

Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $1.25 per day, has declined significantly in recent decades. Thirty years ago, more than half of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty - toda…

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. This year 10 million young Africans will enter the workforce. Thi…

This is a guest post by Sophia Lian, intern for Energy and Climate Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Beijing and Moscow’s shared goal of reorien…