Zambian surgeon Dr Alex Makupe completed his surgical residency at Tygerberg Hospital in South Africa’s Western Cape, because there were no teaching hospitals catering for surgeons in his home country. At the end of his residency, as he was planning…

There are growing concerns over the possibility of armed conflict between Horn of Africa neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea as hostile rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent weeks. Landlocked Ethiopia’s calls for access to the Red Sea through Eritrea has triggered…