Nigeria has recorded 214 confirmed cases and 39 deaths from Lassa fever across 10 states between 30 December 2024 and 19 January. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in its ...

The government targets a 20 per cent reduction in maternal mortality and a 15 per cent decrease in under-five mortality by 2027 ...

Some 545 Zimbabweans might be deported from America as newly inaugurated President, Donald Trump's administration cranks up its fight against illegal immigrants.

President Paul Kagame and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço discussed the crisis in eastern DR Congo, where M23 rebels took control of the strategic city of Goma on Monday,7.

A male nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, the first recorded death by the disease in the East African country since an outbreak ended in 2023, health officials said.

"In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing," missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. "The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to leave the ...

Opinion - While aid has saved lives--providing antiretroviral therapy for 1.4 million Ugandans living with HIV, supporting maternal health programmes, and funding electricity connections in ...

Press Release - The Democratic Alliance (DA) as part of our whole-of-society approach, has today together with the Freedom Front Plus accepted a petition and draft Bill from the Trade Union, ...

The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Bruno Lemarquis, reiterates his deep concern over the critical situation in Goma. After several days of intense fighting, the ...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has fiercely criticized fellow leaders in the East African Community (EAC), terming the bloc's approach to the crisis in Eastern DRC as disjointed and ineffective.

Workers at Firestone Liberia have initiated a go-slow protest, demanding immediate action on a series of unresolved issues, including inadequate retirement benefits and insufficient support for sick ...

Zambian football star Racheal Kundananji has been appointed as a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador to champion the fight to end AIDS as a public health threat in Zambia.