SPECIAL REPORT: How communities connect mothers to skilled care in The Gambia’s North Bank region and Nigeria’s Jigawa state

Rural women trekking through a village path, symbolizing the long journeys that pregnant women in remote communities face to reach maternal healthcare.

By Ousman A. Marong and Anibe Idajili (Guest writers) When women go into labour in Mendy Kunda, a rural community in The Gambia’s North Bank Region, getting to a hospital can depend on how quickly help can be found. For Rose Mendy, a resident of the community, that support has come from people in her … Read more

Critical Language Scholarship 2027: 8 Weeks of Funded Study for U.S. Students

University students practise a foreign language in a seminar setting.

The open Critical Language Scholarship 2027 offers eligible U.S. students eight weeks of funded language study in nine languages, with overseas and virtual options.