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Byline: Krista Mahr It's just after 8 on a crisp morning outside Besters, a farming village in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, and Mhle Msimanga is wading through his herd of [...]

Byline: Krista Mahr In January 2016, Zimbabwe's then-President Robert Mugabe gave a speech at the African Union in Ethiopia. As he railed against Westerners' meddling in African affairs, the delegates [...]

Byline: Krista Mahr Standing in front of a packed classroom at a school in Iruekpen, a remote farming village in southern Nigeria, Precious Owens warns teenage students about the dangers [...]

Byline: Krista Mahr Jeffrey Smith knew he wouldn't get much sleep on December 1. The American human rights advocate sat up all night in front of his computer in Washington, [...]

Byline: Krista Mahr After decades scraping by in dusty refugee camps in Kenya, Muhumed Mohamed Abdi was finally on his way out. He had fled the fighting that erupted in [...]

Byline: Krista Mahr When Angolan journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais visited a morgue in the city of Luanda in March, he saw 235 bodies being carried [...]

The article discusses India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its political candidate Narendra Modi who will reportedly become India's 14th Prime Minister in 2014. According to the article, the BJP won 282 of the 543 seats in India's lower house of Parliament during a May 16, 2014 election. India's Congress Party and the nation's economy are mentioned, along with issues such as unemployment, food prices, and inflation in India. Modi's views towards Muslims are also examined.

The article presents information on Taliban attacks in Afghanistan as the country prepares for the presidential and provincial elections that begin April 5, 2014. Topics include the Taliban's attack on Farhad Seddiqi, a member of Afghanistan's parliament, at the Serena hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan; the withdrawal of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops; and the popularity of the democracy in Afghanistan.

The article discusses the social, physiological, and psychological research on the effects of older men fathering children, with information on men's fertility as they age. Topics include examples of older celebrity men with young children; the higher risk that a child with an older father may develop autism or schizophrenia due to genetic mutations in sperm; and studies linking the age of fathers to genetic disorders and other birth defects. The sociological aspects of paternal and maternal age are examined, along with the rising average age of fatherhood.

The article presents information about U.S. fears that Huawei Technologies, the Chinese global telecommunications company, might present a security risk to American communications networks, which were attacked by Chinese hackers in 2013. It focuses on concerns that using Huawei equipment in U.S. networks could possibly give the Chinese government access to vulnerable computer or telecommunications systems. Topics include Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei, Huawei's relationship with China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), and who helped Zhengfei to grow the company.

The article focuses on Japanese female soccer player Homare Sawa. The author notes that Sawa, who scored the winning goal in the 2011 Women's World Cup for team Nadeshiko to defeat the U.S. team, is one of Japan's most famous athletes. Topics include the growth of women's soccer in Japan, how the victory has changed the way women's soccer in Japan is viewed, and the impact of the World Cup game on Sawa's personal and professional life.

The article discusses the international issue of unemployment among young people in 2012 and offers some suggestions for the creation of jobs. It states that the global financial crisis of the early 21st century and the subsequent Great Recession have significantly limited the employment options for many millions of people worldwide, including young people in Greece, England, and the Middle East. According to the article, excessive labor protections, high birthrates, and a lack of training and skills are all contributing factors to the high unemployment figures.

The article profiles Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea and son of late Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011. The repressive, autocratic regime in North Korea is described. Topics discussed include the U.S. State Department's hopes to include North Korea in talks about disarming the country, biographical information about Kim Jong Un provided by a former regime chef, and beliefs that Kim Jong Un is being ruled by Kim Jong Il's sister Kim Kyong Hui and her husband Jang Sung Thaek. How Kim Jong Un will deal with North Korea's nuclear arsenal and whether he will liberalize the country's economy are considered.

The article examines the potential for youth in Japan to save the country following the destruction caused by the 2011 Sendai Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The economy of Japan has allegedly been in a state of recession since the 1980s, and the author attests that this has made many Japanese youth underemployed and withdrawn from society. However, following the earthquake, many of them are volunteering their time, money, and social-networking knowledge to coordinate aid efforts and reunite family members. Politics and bureaucracy in the nation are also discussed.

The article examines the impact of the Sendai earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 on social conditions in Japan. The country's extremely high level of disaster preparedness, particularly its earthquake and tsunami warning systems, is discussed. The social cohesion displayed by victims of the disaster is considered. The inability of the government's emergency management operations to provide disaster relief in keeping with the scope of the disaster is examined, particularly crisis communications failures. Volunteer efforts in disaster relief are considered.

The article presents information on what the author believes to be the 50 best inventions of 2010, including the Sony Alpha A55 Camera, a solid oxide fuel cell electricity generator called the Bloom Box, and an exoskeleton prosthetic for paraplegics called eLegs.

The article lists and discusses the so-called 50 best inventions of the year that include the Ares 1 rocket developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the company Clean Seas' development of landlocked tank breeding of southern bluefin tuna in Arno Bay, Australia, and Philips Electronics' development of a 10-watt light emitting diode (LED) bulb that substitutes for a 60-watt household incandescent bulb and last 25 times as long. INSET: Flying Lessons..

The article examines commercial tuna fishing and the global tuna fishery. Bluefin tuna may be declared an endangered species, and the expanding demand for tuna as a food has led to overfishing of other species of tuna. Efforts by fishermen and tuna cannery companies to insure compliance with catch limits for tuna are examined.

The article introduces the best top ten lists of 2007. Included is an the array of lists of the ten best religion stories, most popular stories on Time.com, the best and worst business deals, television shows, the most under reported stories, etc. The articles present various lists with pictures, illustrations and photographs of each subject.

The article discusses coconuts and the sustainability of the fruit's global supply chain as of December 2012, focusing on an analysis of the use of coconuts in products such as coconut water beverages and skin oils. It states that there is a strain in the local supply chains in Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia where a majority of the world's coconuts are harvested. Farmers are reportedly not replanting additional coconut crops since the money they are paid for their crops does not justify an increase in production. Fair-trade programs are also mentioned.

The article offers information on the slow progress by the South African government to transfer land from white South African farmers to Black South Africans. Topics discussed include the land received by the farmer Mhle Msimanga from the government, the slow pace of African National Congress' (ANC) efforts to buy lands from white and redistribute it to Blacks due to apartheid, and the inequality in the country which has worsened under democracy.

The article offers information on the presidential elections in Gambia on December 1, 2016. Topics discussed include the victory of President-elect Adama Barrow, the experience of American human rights advocate Jeffrey Smith on watching the votes of Gambian election using his computer, the public relations support of the nonprofit Vanguard Africa to the candidates, and the celebration of the Gambians over the victory of Barrow.

The article discusses the 2014 elections for India's Prime Minister. The candidates include Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party, and Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Topics and concerns of voters surrounding the elections include the corruption of the country's government and law enforcement officials, unpunished acts of sexual violence, inclusive economic growth, equal rights for the LGBT community.

The article discusses India's food-subsidy program as of January 2014, noting that the country's National Food Security Act guarantees access to subsidized food for about 70 percent of the population and also funds the school-lunch system and the maternal-nutrition program. The loss of food and grains due to political corruption and theft is discussed. A chart showing the subsidized and market prices for a kilo of wheat and the country's spending on food aid.