Today is World Malaria Day. The disease still kills close to half a million people each year with Africa continuing to bear the heaviest burden. Most countries are painstakingly trying to migrate from managing malaria to putting in place plans to eliminate it completely. But not all are succeeding. In Malawi for example, elimination is being hampered by policies that don’t fully make use of evidence-based research, writes Chikondi Mwendera. There is, however, some good news. In South Africa scientists have developed an innovative formula that acts as a repellent, and kills malaria carrying vectors. Walter Focke, Mthokozisi Sibanda and Taneshka Kruger explain.

There’s a push from some Moroccan intellectuals and civil society groups to reform the country’s inheritance laws. These date back hundreds of years and prevent women from inheriting money and property. Moha Ennaji sets out how conservative elements are fighting back against the proposed reforms, and why it’s such an important step to take for women’s rights and Morocco at large.