Africa's largest human microbiome study sheds light on gut diversity and health
The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported ...
Teenage actress takes on child marriage in role mirroring real life
She plays 13-year-old Nawi, the eponymous heroine of the coming-of-age film set in Turkana county, a rural area which borders Uganda and where the UN says one in four girls are married before they are ...
Looking to a Time When Most of the World’s Babies Will Be African
Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...
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Regional blocs condemn capture of Goma by Rwanda-backed M23
The United Nations, African Union and East African Community condemned the capture of the city, putting Rwanda in the ...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a 'declaration of war'
Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations describe a “mass ...
Fear and gunshots after Rwanda-backed rebels claim takeover of eastern Congo's largest city
Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning uncertain about who is in control of the city, which Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured ...
Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan ...
What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels claim they captured a key city?
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...
What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...