Weekend Mag

Weekend Mag

Insurgency fuelling malnutrition in the North East

Insurgency is driving malnutrition among millions of Nigerian children in the north east of the country. Malnutrition is defined as lack of proper nut

‘D-8 countries will be world’s new emerging economies by 2050’

Ambassador Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari is the Secretary General of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, an organisation for development co-ope

Baobab: A tree of majesty with many magic

The magnificent values of the baobab tree forced plant scientists to assign many aliases to it. One of such is the Tree of Life, connoting its importa

Pneumonia: killing more children than malaria, measles, diarrhea combined

According to UNICEF, around 2, 400 children die daily from pneumonia, the number one infectious cause of death among children below five. The disease

Silver lining on the horizon?

There may be some glimmer of hope in Africa with the home-grown biomedical smart jacket. Ugandan inventor, Brian Turyabagye, created a medical smart j