African leaders need to invest in the youth and end harmful practices such as child marriage.

She charged $13,000 a person to get them jobs in Spain and Taiwan  

The victim managed to escape and seek help

For this family of five from the Mekong Delta, hopes that poverty will end someday help them carry on

  People living in "absolute poverty" rose to 4.6 million last year, up from 6.8 percent in 2014 and...

26 others are sick with similar symptoms as the disease, thought to be kept at bay with systematic vaccination, rears...

A lack of citizenship documents means being foreigners in their own native land

A couple and their three children share two square meters in a neighborhood far from the city's glamor

Thousands have been working in the country illegally, and Thai authorities are expected to crack down from now

The workers wade in black water every day, running into all kinds of trash

  46.7 million people, or 15 pct of Americans now live below the poverty line

She was caught with 32 people she was transporting

There were at least five Vietnamese members of the gang

The girls are called Viet, Nam, Hanh and Phuc, which together mean 'Happy Vietnam'  

They allegedly sold five women for up to $450 each