Global health authorities are battling to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from having severe consequences for women’s health.

While the vast majority of people who catch COVID-19 will make a complete recovery, there are uncertainties about how quickly we can expect to regain health and what our ongoing social responsibilities might be.

Efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted family life, leaving millions of parents around the world to grapple with home schooling, online learning, and the anxiety surrounding social distancing and quarantines.

The artificial limbs were made by grinding down plastic bottles and spinning the grains into polyester yarns which were heated to produce a light, sturdy substance that could be easily moulded.

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) looks good on paper, but how will it be implemented? South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, gave the rosiest assessment of the situation.

Very few young people with disabilities get the chance to proceed to higher education and training. The WHO found that only 5-15% of children who need assistive devices have access to them.

While it is evident that aviation in Africa has the potential to fuel economic growth, several barriers exist.

More than 1,000 regional and global leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia will meet to discuss how Africa build on its potential.

For pineapple producers in Benin, better branding, marketing, and packaging opens the doors to regional and international sales far more lucrative than selling unprocessed fruit in local markets.

South Africa has a relatively stable economy, as seen by its GDP growth, which has been the lowest in volatility when compared against BRIC peers over 1994-2017.

The city also significantly hiked tariffs as well as rolling out management devices, which set a daily limit on the water supply to properties.

Leading energy industry players and analysts – the energy-forecasting ‘establishment’ – are seriously underestimating the speed and depth of this transition.

Mike Brewer says it’s increasingly clear that high levels of inequality damage our health and well-being, harm social cohesion and levels of trust, and act as a brake on economic performance.

Views differ on the essence of China-US competition. Most watchers see it as a classic power competition caused by a shrinking gap in strength between the two countries.

Cancer is on the rise – but so is our knowledge of how to prevent and treat it.

Light pollution is the excessive and obtrusive light produced by humans at night. This light is from artificial sources, mainly electricity from houses, offices, streetlamps, billboards or car headlights.

Over the past 10 years, the electricity sector has experienced significant cyber attacks – the map below provides a non-exhaustive snapshot.

Limiting global warming depends on a rapid transition from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy sources. Yet many countries continue to rely on coal-fired power to meet rising demand for energy.