COVID-19 vaccine a 'moral moment' for humanity, conference hears
Experimental vaccines offer a way out of the pandemic but charity and business leaders warn it could drive further inequality
Post-COVID world needs 'outrageously bold' vision - Nobel winner Yunus
Post-COVID future should be built on social businesses to halt climate change and tackle wealth inequality, says Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
Thousands of refugees flee to Sudan from Ethiopia conflict
Given deep antipathy between the Tigrayans and Abiy, who comes from the largest Oromo ethnic group, there are fears of civil war and knock-ons around the Horn of Africa region
London statue honouring feminist pioneer taped up, cloaked in masks
British artist Maggi Hambling's sculpture honouring feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft has been covered with black tape, masks and a T-shirt
Coronavirus pandemic sparks surge in firewood use in rural Kenya
As the COVID-19 crisis hits family budgets, sales of cheap firewood are booming, a trend that could make it harder to expand Kenya's dwindling forest cover
Hungary government proposes gay adoption ban as COVID-19 worsens
Viktor Orban's government has drafted a law that would only allow married couples to adopt without special permission, effectively banning same-sex adoption
Ethiopian journalists arrested as Tigray conflict worsens, refugees flee to Sudan
There is deep animosity between the leadership of the ethnic Tigray from northern Ethiopia and Abiy, who comes from the largest Oromo ethnic group
'One and Free': prominent Australian lawmaker urges change to national anthem
The national anthem should change the line 'we are young and free' to 'we are one and free' to recognise that Indigenous Australians are the oldest continued civilization in the world
INTERVIEW - How COVID-proofing the slums upended Kenya's business culture
Consultant James Irungu Mwangi pushed African companies for years to tackle social problems and think beyond profit. The pandemic is forcing firms to do just that.