South Africa can sometimes appear to be awash with occult crime. From satanist conspiracies and witchcraft accusations to ...

Around 600mn people in Africa—roughly 43% of the continent’s population — still lack access to electricity.While electrification rates have improved over the past ...

As a child in poverty growing up in South Africa, Trevor Noah told “60 Minutes” that he was sometimes forced to dine on ...

Policymakers and gender and statistics experts in East and Southern Africa have spotlighted the need to harmonize legal ...

AN empty drink can has become a makeshift surgical tool in the poverty-stricken community of Epworth where a traditional birth attendant, Tapiwa Vhinya, uses it to cut umbilical cords during home ...

In this interview with GRACE EDEMA, Executive Chairman, Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Kabir Gafiya, speaks on education reforms, digital learning and the fight against learning ...

Multiply Possibility” campaign launches with more than $50M in early pledges from sovereign donors, foundations and philanthropists.

A 16-year-old Grade Nine pupil and her 11-year-old Grade Four sister at their home in Njoro, Nakuru County on September 23, ...

According to local stakeholders, the surge in teenage pregnancies has been driven primarily by poverty. While the county has ...

Schools across Mayo are being asked to support children living in poverty around the world by registering for Ireland’s most loved Christmas appeal.

This is the introduction to Analysing Africa, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their ...