AFRICA: THE world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and child health. For instance, the World Health Organisation reported a 38% reduction in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2017, ...

The number of teenage mothers who gave birth on Christmas Day has increased, raising concern regarding adolescent pregnancy ...

Health authorities have raised concern after 15-year-old girls were among the mothers who gave birth on Christmas Day across ...

In Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah".

Two African penguin chicks have been born at Adventure Aquarium in Camden. Their birth comes as the species faces increased ...

Staff Reporter Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has applauded the province’s teenage pregnancy strategy, saying it is working.The strategy, developed in 2023, aims to cut high pregnancy rates ...

This article focuses on the list of African countries that don't celebrate Christmas with Christians on December 25, in ...

I’m at Art X Lagos, West Africa’s leading international art fair that takes place every November at Victoria Island’s Federal ...

A Christmas celebrations took an unusual turn in Kenya as members of the Legion Maria church marked the birth of what they ...

Last week, on December 25, 2025, Christians all over the world celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour.

Discover Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a life-threatening heart condition that affects new mothers during or after ...

For decades, the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) played a surprising and essential role in human medicine. Native to the ...