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A mother's love led her to South Africa to find a school for her son with autism.

Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.

If a man dies in the Central African Republic, his wife is at risk of being evicted from their home by his relatives.

Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.

Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia’s doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind.

When bringing a new life into the world risks taking another, even old traditions have to adopt new ways.

Saving lives — and losing them — may be all in a day's work for health workers, but if you think it doesn't take its toll, listen to these doctors.

Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013.

Speaking more than one language could lead to better tests scores and even being a more empathetic person.

A month after she was wheeled out of a North West hospital in a barrow, Ntombizodwa Matthews met her end. Her family blames politics for her death.

They thought they were signing up for a dream but it turned out to be a trafficking nightmare.

The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.

For millennials, it ain't looking good, but are hard-hitting campaigns just fat-shaming and counterproductive?

Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought.

Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh will be the first African head of state to be tried for violating the rights of HIV-positive people.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of children die gasping for air. This could help to change that.