Uganda's child pregnancy problem

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It’s a period of prayer, celebrations and community gatherings and Muslims worldwide observe it by fasting from dawn to sunset. As this year’s Ramadan draws to a close, Faranak Amidi is joined by three BBC World Service colleagu ...  Show more

After an election held just days after his release from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's next president, and at 44, the youngest in the country’s history. From Dakar, the BBC's Khadidiatou Cissé and Thomas Naadi tell us more about the new Senegalese leader ...  Show more

Covid-19 has put teenage girls’ futures at risk.Thousands of young girls across the continent never returned to school after lockdowns were lifted.And this is because, while they were away, many of these teenagers got pregnant.In fact, spikes in teen pregnancies have been reporte ...  Show more

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The US and multiple eyewitnesses state Russia is actively committing war crimes. The pandemic led to a baby bust, rather than a baby boom. The rise of male birth control seems on the horizon. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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