
New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
Trials involving more than 400 children in Burkina Faso showed 80% success rate.
A malaria vaccine with "world-changing" potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, in the UK. Trials involving more than 400 children in Burkina Faso showed that it offers up to 80% protection against the disease.
Britain’s new prime minister has appointed the most diverse Cabinet ever, with four of the top government positions going to people of African descent, but what does this tell us about the UK's race relations?
And we meet the Cameroonian writer who fled a difficult domestic environment and has drawn on that experience and the events that followed for her latest book.
Image: A mosquito seen through a microscope at the National Centre for Research and Training on Malaria in Burkina Faso. Credit: Getty Images.
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