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Surgeon Brings Health Care to Rural Cameroon
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
During the week, Dr. Georges Bwelle, 49, specializes in intestinal surgery at the main hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital. On weekends, though, he takes to the road.
He leads a team of volunteers that crams…
Bats of Abidjan Face Troubled Future
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
At twilight, tens of thousands of bats darken the skies over Abidjan’s business quarter as they squeak their way between buildings in Côte d’Ivoire’s economic hub.
The scene is a feature of the city’s Plateau…
Burkina Faso Tests Modified Mosquitoes to Curb Malaria
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Malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year, and most victims are in Africa. Now Target Malaria, an international group of scientists, is working in Burkina Faso on a genetic solution.
Abdoulaye Diabate of the…
Sudanese Doctors Fight COVID From Abroad
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What started as a small idea between two doctors based in the United States who wanted to help their native Sudan respond to COVID-19 has grown into something much larger.
Dr. Reem Ahmed of Emory University in Georgia and…
‘Seedballs’ Give Kenya’s Forests a Helping Hand
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The round black pellets easily could be mistaken for animal dung. But they contain acacia seeds that help regrow Kenya’s depleted forests.
Mara Elephant Project rangers have scattered 22,000 “seedballs” around an…
Art of Beekeeping Spreads in Côte d’Ivoire
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Night has just fallen in central Côte d’Ivoire, and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to collect honey from their bees.
The art of beekeeping has spread swiftly…