For several months, nearly 1.35 million people have been struggling to eat their fill in southern Madagascar. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), this could be the first famine in the world caused by climate change.

While the Sahel remains plagued by recurrent conflicts, there are nonetheless positive signs of economic and social development in the countries of the region.

As demand for care expands across Europe, and the public sector fails to meet it, digital platforms are moving in to fill the gap; in turn, they are redefining the way in which home care is organised.

In the DRC, access to sanitary towels remains a headache for women. According to a U-Report survey, 31 per cent of respondents considered lack of money to be the main difficulty they faced during their periods.

The Mandalika project may be the precursor to broader human rights and labour concerns around Chinese investment in South-East Asia.

Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. Until recently, studies addressing the causes of obesity have focused on the poor choices made by individuals, but have rarely looked at the obesogenic [...]

As the world begins to return to normalcy against the backdrop of an ongoing health crisis, mental health issues are on the rise.

While Africa, led by Côte d’Ivoire, currently produces 90 per cent of the world’s raw cashew nuts, less than 15 per cent are processed on the continent. The majority of production is exported to Asia. Relocating cashew nut processing to African countries would mean an important new source of [...]

Environmental campaigners say that the new airport plan is at odds with the government’s commitment to reduce emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050.

The land-locked country of Paraguay, located in the geographic heart of South America, has the continent’s lowest Covid vaccination rate and one of its worst health systems. Fed up, Paraguayans have taken to the streets in numbers rarely seen over the last [...]