UK bans gender stereotypes in ads
A ban has come into force prohibiting commercials that reinforce gender prejudices. A prominent German feminist told DW that Germany is dragging its heels on the problem.…
US loses billions as Chinese tourists stay away over trade war
The number of arrivals from China to the US fell last year for the first time in 15 years. The Chinese are the world's highest-spending foreign visitors and their tourism dollar is…
Gang of Witches, the feminist sisterhood shaking up the system
Gang of Witches, the feminist sisterhood shaking up the system.…
Trump’s Tie
DW's best-dressed host Gerhard Elfers discusses fashion offences and sartorial disasters in the world of business and politics. In this episode, he turns his attention to the disturbing length of President Trump's…
Furry head of ice age wolf found in Siberian permafrost
A 40,000-year-old wolf found in Siberia was bigger than its modern-day descendants. Kept cold in the permafrost, the wolf's fur, ears, brain and teeth had been preserved since the day it died…
Nigeria’s democracy yet to yield dividends – CDD
Nigeria's democracy yet to yield dividends - CDD…
Taboo-breaking TV soap on sex and women dividing Senegal
In conservative Senegal, a controversial TV show has the self-described monitors of public morality in uproar. But the defenders of 'Mistress of a married man' say the soap takes a much needed…
Surviving loss in Afghanistan The woman caring for 40 orphans
In Kot district in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan, 70-year-old grandmother Niaz Bibi lost three sons and three grandsons in two separate attacks by the Islamic State group, which has a growing footprint…
W.African farm ‘bootcamp’ gets green entrepreneurs into shape
Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an "agro-bootcamp" in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice.…
How Nigerian woman survives running car wash business
How Nigerian woman survives running car wash business.…