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Artists compose music to open up understandings of health care and specific conditions. Some academics open use everything from yoga to photography to observation and drawing to help educate health sciences students.

Maps have fascinated people for centuries. They are inherently political. What we see on a map either aligns with our view of the world, or doesn't. When it does, we share it confirms our beliefs.

Elders are not expected to grieve in public. Success should be acknowledged but not to the extreme because that would lead to pride, which is a cultural no-no.

There are more than 70 armed groups in South Sudan and one that didnt sign last year's accord. Five years of civil war have left 1.9 million internally displaced and 2.4 million living as refugees in neighbouring countries.

EU policies, including the decision to enable the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept and return migrants, are contributing to a cycle of extreme abuse.

The conflict was the longest of Uganda's post independence struggles. In addition to those killed, 2 million people were displaced, and 60,000 to 100,000 abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels.

As the war enters its sixth year only the most optimistic of observers is voicing much hope that the revitalised peace agreement.

More than 150 women and girls were raped, beaten, and brutalised over a 10-day period at the end of November.

The audit also found stockpiled goods, more lying idle than had been distributed in the previous 12 months, including 288,000 blankets and 50,000 wheelbarrows.

Kenyas Chinese financed diesel train railway cost $3.2 billion for 472 kilometres of track. The more expensive electric train line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti $3.4 billion - for 756 kilometres.

Maternal mortality remains high around the world, with more than 303,000 women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or shortly afterwards. More than half of these deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa.

The roots of Cameroons conflict can be traced back to education. The separatists fighting for independence from French-majority say the current school system symbolises the marginalisation of the English language and culture.

WHEN in November UNESCO announced that the reggae music of Jamaica had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its roots in the backstreets and dance halls of Jamaica, is more than just …

Aid groups say overlooking three million displaced people will dramatically impact their ability to respond to needs.

An estimated 219 million malaria cases were reported globally in 2017.

Eight countries including several in crisis such as Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan are in debt distress and a further 18 are at high risk.

Al-Shabaab has lost large swathes of territory to the Somali army this year, bolstered by US and African Union peacekeeping troops, AMISOM.

Since the violence in DRCs Kasai region last March, 1.4 million people have been displaced.

Official statistics underestimate total trade between Benin and Nigeria by 50% for imports, and by about 85% for exports.