Long lives aren't necessarily happy ones in Africa, particularly for women: Older women are often identified and witches and persecuted. DIFD/Flickr, CC BYAround the world, people are living longer. Medical advances, improving health care systems and declining fertility rates have all contributed to this state of affairs. In 1980, there were 378 million people aged 60 and … [Read more...] about Long lives aren’t necessarily happy ones in Africa, particularly for women | The Conversation