A woman dies every two minutes due to failures in maternal care, shocking new figures reveal - SPECIAL REPORT: More than a ...

Commentaries on Ousmane Sembène often hail the Senegalese director as the “father of African cinema,” a pioneer with an ...

Despite global progress in reducing maternal deaths, the region continues to face disproportionately high maternal mortality ...

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. [AFP] More than 79 million women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa have endured rape and sexual assault as children, according to data presented by ...

Modern slavery remains widespread globally, with an estimated 50 million people—including women, children, and forced ...

UNESCO, in collaboration with the Beijing Normal University and the Ministry of Education, has launched a two-year project: ...

Across the globe, 818 million women have experienced physical or sexual partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner—almost the total population of Sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: Khasar Sandag / ...

DNA analysis of the mummies, which are the remains of female herders from a time when the Sahara was more humid and known as the Green Sahara, did not show the expected Sub-Saharan genes.

Despite decades of progress, women and girls still account for 44% of all new HIV infections globally and more than 60% in sub-Saharan Africa. Gender-based violence, lack of access to healthcare ...

Tunisia Dismantles Sub-Saharan Migrant Camps and Forcibly Deports Some By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian authorities have dismantled makeshift camps housing 7,000 sub-Saharan African ...