Africa News
Sponsored by:
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a…
Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female…
A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to…
A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil…
Relief in South Africa after J&J reversal allows key tuberculosis drug…
Medical advocacy groups have welcomed Johnson & Johnson’s decision not to enforce its patent on a critical…
A bench and a grandmother’s ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy…
In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people…
Looting and fighting reported in a central Sudan city as paramilitary group…
Residents say fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group have looted homes and shops and taken over the…
No shield required: ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie’s own…
Marvel star Anthony Mackie swam with sharks in the Gulf of Mexico for the new National Geographic special “Shark…
More African nations focus on HPV vaccination against cervical cancer, but…
African countries have some of the world's highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing efforts to vaccinate more…
It’s hard to find treatment for snakebites in Kenya. Thousands of people are…
Antivenom for snakebites can be hard to find in Kenya, where about 4,000 snakebite victims die every year. About…