Geographies in Depth
Factbox: Why is Cyclone Freddy a record-breaking storm?
As oceans become warmer, heat energy from the water's surface is fuelling stronger storms. Tropical Cyclone Freddy is the latest to hit Southern Africa.
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Health and Healthcare Systems
Generation COVID: How young people are bouncing back
The pandemic has had an enormous effect on young people, but innovative is allowing them to bounce back and defy the odds. Here are some of their stories.
Geographies in Depth
Spurred by COVID-19, African schools innovate to close learning gap
The rise of distance learning using radio, TVs and phones could transform school curriculums and help children stay in education long after the pandemic, experts say.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Refugees working in shops and cafes have been hit hardest by coronavirus
New research covering eight countries, including Iraq, Jordan and Uganda, shows that refugees are 60% more likely to lose jobs or income due to the pandemic.
Health and Healthcare Systems
African innovators tackle coronavirus with drones and phones
From an agricultural drone company turning to public sanitation services, to foot-pump handwashing stations, this is how Africa is tackling coronavirus.
Civil Society
Racism around every corner: U.S. at a crossroads over street and school names
In the United States, recent protests have reignited the debate around the memorialization of confederate monuments and symbols in modern American society.
Health and Healthcare Systems
These farmers are prospering in the pandemic by delivering straight to homes
As the COVID-19 pandemic closes businesses and leaves Americans housebound, many are ordering directly from farms leading to a rise in profits for the farmers.
Nature and Biodiversity
Senegal’s new wind farm will provide clean energy to 2 million
The 158-megawatt wind farm was built by British renewable power company Lekela. After the farm becomes operational, Senegal get 30% of all their energy consumption will be from renewable ...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
How Senegal is empowering businesswomen
The country passed a 'start-up act' in December.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
This is how we can stop FGM, according to a survivor
Female genital mutilation is still rife in many countries, particularly in Sub-Sarhan Africa. Jaha Dukureh a survivor of FGM and child marriage from Gambia, gives her insight into what ca...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
This is what we can learn from Gambia about rising temperatures and premature births
As climate change brings more heat extremes, researchers are tracking the risks facing Gambia's pregnant farmers and their babies.
Geographies in Depth
Senegal turns to eco-farming to protect food supply as climate changes
With climate change threatening food supply in Senegal, these farmers are turning to agroecology, in the form of planting trees on farms, diversifying crops and their rotation and using o...
Geographies in Depth
Empowering Chad’s women and girls through digital access
In Chad, Africa, women are being educated on the uses of mobile technology to reduce the gap in gender inequality
Education and Skills
More refugee girls in Chad see a path to a university education – here’s how
Chad has become the first country in West and Central Africa to integrate these institutions into the education system, meaning they now benefit from state resources.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Sierra Leone trials new ways to cut teen pregnancy
Although the global adolescent birth rate has declined in the last two decades the number of teen pregnancies is set to rise. Sierra Leone is testing new ways to cut them.