KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services.The technology is intended to strengthen rather than replace clinical judgment, while improving efficiency within an already stretched health system, Andrew Muhire, a senior official with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, told The Associated Press on Th...

Qatar has called on every member state of the Arab League to dispatch aid relief team to Sudan amidst ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

This comes as Qatari officials chaired a session in the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs at a ministerial level on Monday, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

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Scientists found that the world faces a significant risk of passing a crucial global warming threshold by mid-century.

The world is on the verge of crossing a critical climate threshold, indicating that time is running out to save the planet from the most disastrous effects of global warming, according to a new machine learning study.

The study, published this week, estimates that the planet could warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in a decade.

“We have very clear evidenc...

The head of the European Parliament will lay out a 14-point plan to tighten rules for lawmakers on financial declarations and contacts with lobbyists in an effort to restore trust in the midst of the ongoing European Union corruption scandal.

Parliament President Roberta Metsola will seek support from political group leaders on Thursday, according to a parliamentary source, Reuters reported.

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The recent complaint against FIFA was filed by Climate Alliance Switzerland, accusing the football governing body of greenwashing, a term used to describe  marketing methods that fool the public with an environmentally friendly image without having a sufficient basis for doing so.

Swedish climate activists have filed a complaint to the Swiss Integrity Commission against FIFA’s “possible unfair greenwashing promises.”

The investigation will determine whether or not the football governing body h...

Qatar has come under increased international scrutiny on human rights and LGBT issues since winning the right to host the World Cup in 2010.

Former England international John Barnes has slammed critics who have questioned World Cup host Qatar’s treatment of migrant workers and LGBTQ rights, claiming that it is hypocritical for England to criticise Qatar while ignoring its own issues.

“How would we like it if African TV stations, pundits, and journalists came to a World Cup in England and highl...

What started as protests against the mandatory veil in Iran have transpired to popular protests across the country demanding freedoms and accountability.

Protests in Iran have entered their fifth week, shaking the streets of the country in response to the death in police custody of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on 16 September.

Amini was visiting Tehran when she was arrested by morality police who took issue with the way she had covered her hair. While the police maintain she...

Kirimi  has been organising informal sessions with migrant workers to raise awareness on mental health, using art and painting as coping mechanisms.

Eric Kirimi was 23 years old when he first made a deliberate attempt to end his life. At the time, he was working in the Kenyan National Service – the military – and had been battling passive suicidal thoughts for years.

“I was angry. I had nobody in my life. I was in a place where I didnt know who I was. I wanted the pain to end. But something un...

Approximately 25-30% of women in the Middle East and North Africa suffer from PCOS.

Munna was 14 when she first realised something was maybe wrong with her body.

“I was having irregular periods and I would experience extremely painful and severe cramps,” the now 22-year-recalls.

When she went to the hospital for help at 14, she was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition in which the ovaries produce high levels of male hormones, which are normally present in rare amounts...

Long lines and months of waiting: patients question long delays at Qatar’s public healthcare months after decrease in Covid-19 pressure.

When Sara* had her second miscarriage in May 2021, a friend advised her to go to the hospital for help, hoping to figure out if something was wrong with her body.

Kate*, originally from Kenya, moved to Qatar from Saudi Arabia in 2021 to work as a cleaner. She used all her savings from her previous job as a caregiver to pay a recruitment agency that promised her working conditions in Qatar would be better than what she faced in the neighbouring kingdom.

“I had experienced a lot of abuse in my previous job in Saudi, and I hoped conditions for domestic workers in Qatar would be better since I heard that Kafala had been removed,” Kate recalls, reminiscing Doha’s historic 2020 labour reforms, which made Qatar the first country in the Arab Gulf region to terminate the exploitative Kafala system.

As the FIFA World Cup 2022 draws closer in Qatar, local residents speak to Doha News about the impact of escalating rent prices on their lives.

Qatar resident Haniya has moved houses nearly three times over the past 8 months already, compromising her safety by living with strangers in order to afford Doha’s increasing rent prices.

The high-achieving international student graduated from Georgetown University in Qatar in 2020, and was excited to move back to Doha after landing a job in December