In some African countries, more than 50% of women regularly use skin-lightening products. In South Africa, the rate is 32%, while in Nigeria it's 77%. This dwarfs rates in other regions of the ...

Almost half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030, according to a new study, an "alarming rise" that has been "compared with the HIV epidemic", said The Guardian. Unlike in most ...

Over the past 11 years, Dr. Rasha Kelej has worked closely with more than 33 First Ladies of Africa and Asia, who are the Ambassadors of the Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” Campaign, alongside ...

Only two women have been directly elected by their populations to the presidency in African countries: President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia in 2006 and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of ...

Across Africa, women are starting businesses at some of the highest rates in the world. They dominate informal trade, drive household resilience, and increasingly lead high-growth ventures in sectors ...

HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally. Young people ...

A crisis in family planning medicine is playing out in Africa in the wake of sweeping US aid cuts, with medical providers ...

HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for about two-thirds of ...

Women are an important and often underutilised human resource in Africa. They’ve faced many problems historically. Limited access to land, finance, education and decision-making platforms have meant ...

The current moment – marked by rising homophobia and the rollback of progressive rights across Africa and beyond – sits ...

FREETOWN/ MONROVIA, Nov 30 (UNHCR) - Barely emerging from years of civil conflict, two countries in West Africa are waging a new war - a battle to eradicate all forms of violence against women. Last ...

By introducing a new policy that supports all working parents, South Africa is pioneering leave reform in Africa.