There are high hopes for upgrades to the Apapa Quays and Tin Can Island ports. But concerns remain over corruption and longstanding bottlenecks plaguing Nigerian harbors.

Decades-old family laws affect hundreds of thousands of women and children, as custody and inheritance are in the hands of male relatives, and remarriage remains impossible. Is Syria moving toward equality?

As Israeli and US strikes continue to hit Tehran and the regime has imposed an internet blackout, locals say that the uncertainty about the whereabouts of their relatives and what is happening is almost ‘unbearable.’

US House Republicans have rejected a Senate bill to end the partial government shutdown. With Congress deadlocked, President Trump has signed an executive action to pay airport security officers.

Several World Heritage sites were hit in the latest Russian attack on Lviv in western Ukraine. Ukraine has called on Russia to be completely isolated in the cultural sector.