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In the company of women: Judia

The village where men are banned

Julie Bindel -
Water hyacinth isn’t just good at being abundant – its foliage also contains a high ratio of carbon to nitrogen. The combination makes it ideal as a renewable gas source via bio digesters like this one.

Why the fight against this weed could pay off handsomely for...

Gilbert Nakweya -
Young refugees at Kenya’s sprawling Dadaab refugee complex are seen during a visit from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.

How this 19-year-old fell prey to human traffickers

Moulid Hujale -
Maasai girls participate in a newly conceived rite of passage to mark their ascent into womanhood

When police crashed her wedding, she was 8. Her soon-to-be husband...

Christabel Ligami -
Young Maasai girls leave their village near Narok to go to school. Campaigners say addressing poverty and gender-based violence in the area is vital.

Schoolgirls in this country face compulsory tests for pregnancy, genital mutilation

Rebecca Ratcliffe -
The Maji Mazuri institute in north-east Nairobi.

Investigation reveals shocking conditions at NGOs caring for disabled people

Naomi Larsson -
What’s behind mysterious cancer hot spots popping up all over the world?

Could this finally solve the Eastern Cape’s cancer mystery?

Kat Arney -
Killing two birds with one stone. In Kenya

What do a herd of goats, a few cattle, and a...

Christabel Ligami -
Gasping for air: How this African innovation is helping the tiniest patients breathe a little easier.

Local is lekker: How this Kenyan hospital began to make its...

Adri Kotze and Justus Wanzala -
Titoia Kisemei has called the Kajiado District Hospital's manyatta TB ward home since she was diagnosed with the illness. The innovative units are aimed at helping members of the nomadic Maasai adhere to months of TB treatment.

These hospitals have become a home away from home in the...

Christabel Ligami and Adri Kotze -
What happened when these two men stopped taking their medicine for TB? They were arrested and thrown into police cells.

Why people failing to take their TB treatment should not be...

Michaela Clayton and Annabel Raw -
Campaigners are calling on the global health community to take immediate action against medical detentions.

Women forced into sex to pay hospital bills, study says

Kate Hodal -
Eleven-month-old Akalapatan Kebo

Gasping for breath: Pneumonia’s deadly toll

Karen McVeigh -
Four-month-old Samson Salo receives a dose of vitamin A at the Madamani Dispensary during Malezi Bora.

This costs just cents and could prevent half-a-million children from going...

Adri Kotze and Shadrack Kavilu -
Health worker Jackline Atieno has vaccinated more babies under the age of one year since the Masogo Health Centre started sending SMS reminders to parents and caregivers.

Paying for change? Trial offers cash to parents willing to vaccinate...

Benard Kimani -
Dire working conditions pit doctors' rights against those of patients

Will strikes pit the rights of doctors against those of their...

Joan van Dyk -
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