Makoko has the dubious honour of being dubbed the world’s largest floating slum: up to 300 000 people are said to live here – in full view of every person stuck in the notorious Lagos traffic on Third Mainland Bridge. Some view the settlement as an eyesore, and there have been repeated attempts to move parts of the community, sometimes by force.
The air is prickly with tension when we arrive. We learn that a community dispute erupted in violence...
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This Valentine’s Day we celebrate five powerful couples who are spreading the love by using their influence and resources to make the world a better place.
A woman’s chance of dying from pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 13 in Nigeria, so Adepeju Jaiyeoba decided to do something about it.
As global leaders meet in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, the scale of humanitarian assistance required in North East Nigeria and the Lake Chad region resulting from the Boko Haram insurgency needs urgent, high-level attention.
"Someone once said to me, ‘Chinasa: why do you always exude this strong, nothing gets to me attitude, but are fragile when defending something you believe in?"
"I have put together five reasons why Nigeria should increase its health budget."
The sad reality is that in some countries the realisation of a malaria free society is a distant dream.
Tuberculosis (TB) knows no boundaries and can affect all people regardless of age, gender or social status. Two of Africa’s most powerful icons, Nobel Prize winners Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu contracted this disease, and survived. Their personal triumph gives hope to millions of people around the world that TB is treatable - and completely curable.
African Women have been instrumental in shaping African society and are a vital force for development - as leaders, mothers, entrepreneurs, consumers, employers and employees.
This year ONE joins the New African Woman Forum (NAWF) bringing together female leaders from business, academia and civil society, as well as key decision-makers from the public and private sectors. The aim is to find innovative solutions and strategies to enable a sustainable transformative growth in Africa.
The Forum invited our amazing ONE Champions from...
At 24, Esther became the first female commercial pilot in Rwanda. It shocked a lot of people...