On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly ...

Agriculture in SSA is a lifeline for millions, yet it faces mounting challenges due to climate change, resource constraints, ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...

Air quality monitors powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are being deployed in Uganda's capital city in efforts to drive ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is grappling with a growing education crisis fueled by chronic underfunding and inequitable spending, both ...

In sub-Saharan Africa more than six million pregnant and parenting girls are out of school – and few go back after giving birth. Here’s how the barriers to girls’ schooling can be broken down to help ...

A groundbreaking study by Harvard, Georgetown, and the World Bank reveals that Sub-Saharan Africa’s primary health care ...

The Trump administration's order to stop all foreign aid has immediately affected people with HIV/AIDS. Clinics around the world rely on U.S. funds to provide treatments to those battling the disease.

The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by ...

The World Bank's Mission 300 aims to tackle sub-Saharan Africa's growth barrier, with nearly 570m people lacking electricity.