Addressing the challenges of girl child education in Nigeria
During the recently celebrated event to mark the international day of the girl child, the United Nations focused, on its attempt to end violence...
‘Human’ hair extension are mixed with goat hair in China
In China, hair extensions, wigs and weaves are big business. Buyers in hair salons and shopping malls are often told they are getting real...
Thousands of children orphaned, rejected as Ebola wrecks families
Two days after his mother died of Ebola at a clinic in the Liberian capital Monrovia last month, four-year-old John was put into foster...
Three great events in yesterday’s world history
On this day in 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200...
Inside Sierra Leone’s Ebola clinics
BBC global health reporter Tulip Mazumdar shares her experiences from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone, where UK aid workers will soon be joining the race to...
