The battle to bring antivenoms to Africa
A shortage of snake antivenom in Africa is a "shameful failure"
A shortage of snake antivenom in Africa is a "shameful failure"
Ugandans started voting on Friday in polls widely predicted to return long-time leader Yoweri Museveni to power.
Kenyans will vote on Wednesday on a proposed constitution that would rein in the president’s powers.
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza hopes his personal brand of "grassroots development" and religious fervour will win him re-election next month.
Recent conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Nord-Kivu province has been accompanied by an upsurge in brutal rape and often barbaric mutilations of women and girls, medical workers report. "For the whole of Nord-Kivu we normally treat 250 rape cases each month," said Jane Coyne, mission chief for Médécins Sans Frontières.