Thousands of learners have failed to report back to school, raising fears of mass dropouts across the country, the Daily Nation reports. There have been concerns that many learners ... Read more »

Giving antimalarial medicines to children monthly during the rainy season cut malaria deaths in children by 42%, making a case for wide implementation in malaria-endemic African ... Read more »

Just 85 kilometres south of Malawi's capital, the impact of global warming is abundantly clear, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reports. Hunger is becoming increas Read more »

Military interventions have failed to end a violent insurgency and humanitarian crisis. The crisis has grown from armed conflict in north-east Nigeria and expanded into ... Read more »

The government's efforts to eradicate malnutrition, has seen it triple the funding it injects into the process, rising from U.S.$18 million to U.S.$56 million between 2015 and ... Read more »

Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, used to be known as the "Green City in the Sun" for its lush environment. There have been however recently been a lot of changes to Nairobi's land ... Read more »

The United Nations says that more children have been trafficked, forced to work in gold mines and to fight as soldiers in Mali this year as conflict worsened and Covid-19 shut ... Read more »

Cyclone Gati is the strongest storm to hit the Horn of Africa nation since satellite records began - bringing two years of rain in two days and wind speeds of 170km/h to ... Read more »

Spotlight has produced When Kids Go Hungry, a six-part series looking at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown on the nutritional status of children in South Africa. It ... Read more »

Three hospital staff have reportedly been arrested in a probe into the theft and sale of babies, accusing some public hospitals and care homes of colluding with organised crime. ... Read more »