Malawi is facing a severe challenge as it struggles to feed its own citizens and thousands of refugees fleeing Mozambique's ...

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Dec. 18, 2024 — Until now, scientists have been unable to determine how metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar, works. A study provided direct evidence in mice that it ...

Nuns with a priest on the steps of the León Cathedral in Nicaragua. (Photo by Adam Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0) Nicaragua's government issued an ultimatum to the country's remaining religious sisters ...

Trade routes have been disrupted, border crossings are closed and mines shuttered as thousands in Mozambique flee brutal ...

Mozambique's capital, Maputo, is limping back to normal but residents are still fearful because of widespread looting and ...

Over 2,000 Mozambican families have fled to Malawi due to violent unrest following a disputed election in October. The ...

Police chief Bernardino Rafael said 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who is chairing SADC — has said the regional bloc is ready to assist troubled ...

Thirty-three inmates were killed and 15 others sustained injuries during a violent clash with the prison's security forces.

At least 33 people died and over a dozen sustained injuries in a prison riot in Mozambique 's capital as civil unrest over ...

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the winner ...