A successful and uncorrupted presidency could craft a unified sense of national identity, but whether Kyrgyzstan’s new government can soothe tensions and improve economic stability remains to be seen.

Mr. Tharoor, an inveterate charmer, in a lengthy conversation about terrorism, international politics, Indian democracy and China’s authoritarianism.

A surgery in Accra goes tragically wrong, raising unsettling questions about medical practices in one of Ghana’s best medical institutions.

In this three-part series, Toronto Review correspondent Sigrun Marie Moss will examine Ubuntu, the meta-philosophy of Sub-Saharan Africa. This third and final installment, examines whether the belief may serve to escalate, rather than decrease, conflict.

In the heart of the Philippines, in a place called Cebu City, thousands of families live off the garbage.

The program started to convince girls that menstruation wasn’t embarrassing enough to miss school. It grew. Then they started speaking up. Writing poetry about rape. And accusing the teachers. Cynthia Vukets reports.

The Development Insider argues that development agencies and their agendas are as malleable as the people they claim to help. It’s all about power.