Global fertility rates are steadily declining, with even Africa seeing a significant drop. Wealthier nations like Europe and ...

Home birth remains highly prevalent in Nigeria, with 58.1% of mothers gave birth at home, and often without skilled attendance or timely access to emergency obstetric care.In a comparative study, ...

It is increasingly difficult to give birth in eastern Congo. Rebels' seizure of key cities early this year has left many ...

The UN's 2025 global births ranking highlights Asia and Africa’s growth, Europe’s decline, and Nigeria’s rapid rise.

Africa bears the brunt of expanded US travel restrictions as the Trump administration adds 20 countries to its entry ban, ...

Tanzania is set to see the highest growth rate by 2100 (1.22), followed by Mauritania (1.18), Benin (1.11) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1.01)— all in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is ...

The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) released the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) on December 17 in Kigali, showing progress as well as challenges in a number of ...

A new global synthesis report and refugee voices from East Africa and the Middle East warn that reductions in humanitarian footprints risks breaking the refugee protection system.

UNICEF estimates that since 2013, some 19,000 children associated with armed groups in the Central African Republic have been ...

A new book alleges that apartheid-era operatives deliberately used HIV/AIDS as a form of biological warfare against black ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

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