Paths of Hope

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Fifteen-year-old Divina Maloum of Cameroon has won a children’s international peace prize for her work with young people who have suffered extremist violence, particularly in the north of her country. The…

VOICE OF AMERICA At a time when bad news seems inescapable, the aid group Save the Children has some good news: Across the globe, children are healthier and safer than ever before. This is particularly true in Africa. According to a…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS An invention by a South African engineer that dispenses pills has won a major engineering prize. Neo Hutiri invented the Pelebox, a locker patients can unlock with a one-time personal identification number sent…

VOICE OF AMERICA Kenya is facing one of the worst stretches of drought in years, causing underdevelopment, fights over water and fears of starvation. However, a village in western Kenya is using a high-tech solution to water scarcity…

VOICE OF AMERICA South Sudan is celebrating a technological advance with the launch of a nationwide system for mobile money transfers. The new service called M-Gurush — M for mobile and Gurush for money in Arabic — removes the need for a…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sudan and Ethiopia have signed an agreement to deploy joint forces along their border to prevent weapons smuggling and sporadic skirmishes between armed groups. The setting up of the force comes after a series of…