Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it.
Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi.
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Hellen Gitau, African Population and Health Research Center; Blessing Mberu, African Population and Health Research Center; Kanyiva Muindi, African Population and Health Research Center, dan Samuel Iddi, African Population and Health Research Center
The impact of housing quality extends beyond health to education and subsequent economic outcomes, particularly for children.
Kenya’s supreme court judges annul the results of the 2017 presidential election.
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New research looks at how different species have managed to cross geographic barriers throughout history and whether their individual traits played a crucial role in these journeys.
African economic growth is central to what happens in this century to both global poverty and global inequality.
Pope Francis (in white) at the opening session of a major congress on the Catholic Church’s future on 4 October 2023.
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African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva during the World Bank Group and IMF meetings in Washington in April 2023.
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)