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The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the army.

COMMENT: Slashing funding will not only worsen the continent’s maternal mortality crisis, but will set the rights of women and girls back decades, writes Kavinya E Makau

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Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges.

Clinicians in parts of Africa had long suspected that some children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes did not quite fit the standard profile

Sometimes dubbed the Brazilian Serengeti, the Pantanal region contains the highest concentration of wildlife in South America – Steph Dyson goes in search of the country’s own ‘Big Five’

THE Labour UK Government has been accused of "increasing poverty at home and abroad" after it emerged women and children would be hit…

For a recent visa application for a family member, I submitted 32 documents. Africans aren’t liabilities, we are tourists and friends who deserve better

Australian will train at altitude in August to emulate race conditions in Africa