For two sixth-grade students from Burkina Faso, a visit to Washington is an opportunity to celebrate International Women’s Day — and have a chance to see the inner workings of the United States government and meet first lady Michelle Obama.
Cameroonian journalist Henriette Ekwe Ebongo (seated, second from left) says that although many women in Cameroon are economically empowered and active in civil society, they need to enter their country’s male-dominated political sector
According to the World Health Organization, diseases associated with unsafe water claim the lives of about 2 million people worldwide every year. But recently, low-tech ceramic water filters have been saving lives and making people healthier in Ghana and Cambodia.
The United States calls on President Laurent Gbagbo to act like a statesman and hand over power to Alassane Ouattara, who won the second round residential elections in November.