PARIS, France (AFP) — The costs of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa could double to almost $60 billion annually just 13 years from now, as obesity fuels an explosion of the disease, a report said Thursday. In 2015, the overall diabetes cost in the region was nearly $20 billion (18 billion euros), or 1.2 percent of total economic production, according to research published by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. This included medication and hospital stays, and […]
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Poaching threatens African elephants
African elephants at risk of extinction after more than 20,000 African elephants killed for their ivory in 2013, a U.N.-linked wildlife conservation agency says.





