African political conflict and the impact of education

African political conflict and the impact of education

By Dominic Rohner and Alessandro Saia According to the United Nations Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict, 2018 year was the worst on record in terms of children trapped in armed conflict regions, with nearly 250,000 students impacted by the closure of several hundred schools in Mali alone. These…

Zanzibar leader talks seaweed during Indonesia visit

Zanzibar leader talks seaweed during Indonesia visit

The president of Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous Indian Ocean island nation belonging to Tanzania, has completed a visit to Indonesia that saw seaweed cultivation as a top priority of a trip focused on economy and trade. President Ali Mohammed Shein visited a processing facility in West Java operated by Agar Swallow,…

Lessons for Africa on midwifery from Indonesia

Increasing access to trained birth attendants is vital to address high maternal and infant mortality rates in developing countries, something Indonesia is working hard to provide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO): “Children in developing countries are ten times more likely to die before the age of five than…

Danai Majaha

Danai Majaha is a journalist and photographer based in Harare, Zimbabwe.