Anders Kelto

Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.

Conrad Koch is a white South African comedian with a black puppet, whose comedy often touches on race. But as one critic recently asked, is this performance just a modern form of blackface?Conrad Koch is a white South African comedian with a black puppet, whose comedy often touches on race. But as one critic recently asked, is this performance just a modern form of blackface?

Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.

Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.

Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee athlete who runs on high-tech blades, is about to go on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Many in his country view the tragic case as a morality tale. But what, exactly, is the moral?