For Nigerian women, gender equality remains a bridge too far as increased social influence fails to translate into political power.

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.  

The annual budget in India and Chinese investments in Pakistan were two major opportunities to reverse declining economic fortunes in South Asia. This week's articles explain how both fell short of e…

The unexpected pardon last week of two leading politicians convicted earlier on charges of corruption has brought renewed focus on Nigeria’s flailing anticorruption drive. Following a meeting of the country’s Council of State, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, governors respectively of the central and northeastern states of Plateau and Taraba from 1997 to 2007 were pardoned along with 157 other convicts.

Presidential candidate faces a dilemma as religious factor threatens to undo campaign.