According to Zimbabwean authorities, more than a third of the country’s girls are married before they turn 18, with more than half of them being minors in some places. Child marriage is now illegal in Zimbabwe for the first time, according to human rights activists
Thousands of Ukrainians leaving their war-torn country have arrived in Tijuana at the US-Mexico border, hoping to enter the US on humanitarian grounds
Human rights groups have hit out at China over ongoing restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu, also known as Morrison Lee, following his release from jail
Due to Turkey’s high inflation rate, Muslim worshippers in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir say they are unable to purchase vital groceries for Ramadan celebrations
Amnesty International and other human rights groups urged the Bangladesh government Thursday to support community-led learning facilities for Rohingya refugees, saying the authorities had recently shut down 30 community-led schools at camps in southeastern Cox’s Bazar district
Authorities in China’s Qinghai province have freed a Tibetan schoolteacher after holding her in jail since last year, when her school for Tibetan students was closed for teaching classes in their own language, RFA has learned
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (front left) visits Irpin’s residential districts in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Tensions are growing in Transnistria, a de facto separatist territory in eastern Moldova, as officials blame Ukraine for a recent round of attacks on government installations. Russia could use the attacks as an excuse to open a new front against Ukraine or against Moldova, according to observers. Kyiv denies this, and observers say the danger of Russia using the attacks as an excuse to open a new front against Ukraine or against Moldova itself is growing
Kenyan court recently ruled that men might be granted custody of children under the age of nine, rather than the children going to their mothers automatically. In Kenya, children’s advocacy groups welcomed the historic decision as a step forward for merit-based parental custody
A Uyghur educator and high school principal in Ghulja in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region who went missing nearly a year ago is being detained in the city, municipal education officials told RFA