Pavithra Rao

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A life on the move

From the ravages of war to culture shock in Europe

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa’s cash-strapped health sector

Partnership development

Billionaires Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote come together to fund health care projects

The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh (in white) prepares to depart from Banjul airport to exile in Guinea Bissau on January 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon

Gambia’s democracy survives political turbulence

Peaceful transfer of power trending on the continent

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Africa Books: The Rise of Africa’s Middle Class

Testing of the mobile phone-based video microscope in Cameroon. Photo: NIAID.

New phone technology to help fight river blindness

Africa River Blindness

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Africa Books

A woman has her blood taken for a test at a clinic in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo: Panos/ Giacomo Pirozzi

New cases drop, but numbers still high

MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other diseases

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Africa Books

Photo: Jonathan Ernst / World Bank

Africa’s blue revolution in turbulent waters