Though banned, the centuries-old custom of confining women to a cowshed during their period persists in Nepal, with damaging and even fatal results.
Though banned, the centuries-old custom of confining women to a cowshed during their period persists in Nepal, with damaging and even fatal results.
Auschwitz survivor Alberto Israel, 93, was detained at the camp in Poland in 1944 when he was 17 years old. He says he still has nightmares about it.
Belgium's King Leopold II became exorbitantly wealthy by colonising the Democratic Republic of Congo. How should the country reconcile with its brutal past?
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf battled unsuccessfully to ban female genital mutilation during her 12-years as Africa's first female president, and now as she prepares to step down ahead of Tuesday's general election, it's feared hopes of outlawing the practice will fade too.