Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by WHO and UNICEF.
At least 19 people were killed and 21 others injured after police in Madagascar's south-eastern town of Ikongo opened fire on a group of people who were angered by the kidnapping of a child with albinism.
A South African man who literally went the extra mile to prove his love for his woman has set online users on a frenzy and has been trending on social media.
At least 23 people have died and 140 been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country's capital of Tripoli, the Libyan Ministry of Health said Saturday.
An operation is under way to rescue two construction workers trapped in a two-storey building that collapsed in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Friday, the authorities say.
A nine-year-old in school uniform was stopped by police in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, while driving to school with his father in the front passenger seat.
South Korea has broken its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate, according to official figures released Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its years-long trend of declining births.
