In the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, set up after the 1975 exodus, about 173,000 people live trapped in a limbo that has now lasted five decades. Their lives are increasingly dependent on precarious humanitarian aid
UNICEF estimates that since 2013, some 19,000 children associated with armed groups in the Central African Republic have been reintegrated. Thousands more are still waiting to leave. This is their story, told in their own words
The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real proportions
The executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme is calling for better urban planning to help cities prepare for population growth and to tackle the global housing crisis
Human rights and humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm about an increase in sexual violence against children, their presence in gangs, and the risks to their education and future