As Addis Ababa develops into a modern city, beggars are increasingly being treated like public nuisances and criminals.
It's not far-fetched to suspect that the common understanding of the idea of "mother tongues" in South Africa is coloured by outside influences.
Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa men who have sex with men encounter stigma and prejudice when accessing health services.
We found that even when women own land, their husbands are still perceived as household heads.
