A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country's history of dispossession and discrimination during colonialism and ...

The emergency response rooms draw on a rich heritage of social solidarity in Sudan, and now number several hundred across the country. They are operated by thousands of volunteers, who make daily ...

Blog - The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of humanity's most significant health threat, with significant impacts across Africa. Rising temperatures and erratic ...

Wakiso, Uganda — Proponents say the bill brings needed oversight to a key health care procedure. Detractors say it's the latest in a campaign against gender and sexual minorities. A little more than a ...

An estimated 8 million voters in Chad go to the polls Dec. 29 in legislative, local and district elections. Female leaders and activists, however, say women candidates are being underrepresented.

Zimbabwe has recorded new cases of cholera several months after declaring the end of an outbreak that killed more than 700 people over an 18-month period.

Press Release - The health of human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem has been deteriorating throughout her arbitrary detention for more than six years. On 28 August 2024, she informed her family during ...

Analysis - A multi-stakeholder dialogue to reflect on and draw lessons from past elections to improve the 2025 electoral process ...

Africa's biggest pay-television company Multichoice Group has reported a 99 percent dip in half-year profits on the back of subscriber decline and foreign exchange volatility in the operating ...

The Sierra Leonean authorities must repeal vagrancy laws without delay, following a landmark ruling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court that the colonial-era legislation ...

Margareth Mwakilasa, an assistant research fellow at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania and a PhD student in Global Health at University College Dublin, presented her ...

The Sekondi High Court yesterday granted motion to vacate the interlocutory injunction filed against Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Amenfi ...