On June 15, 2015, four-year-old Chepchirchir Kiplagat 39;s life changed forever. Bitten by a snake as she slept, she permanently lost the use of the right side of her body. Sleeping beside her on a mattress on the floor of their modest, mud-walled home, Chepchirchir 39;s two-year-old sister Scholar was also bitten. She did not survive ...

Snake antivenoms have been around for 125 years, are effective and can be produced cheaply at scale. Yet Africa, with its abundance of deadly snakes, has an alarming shortage of the life-saving medicine. Experts and campaigners blame a combination of weak production capacity, feeble policy and oversight, high prices and a general lack of co ...

Guinea-Bissau 39;s historic ruling party on Monday signed a deal to form a coalition government after falling just short of a majority in parliamentary elections last week, political figures said. According to the National Election Commission, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won 47 of parliament 39; ...