The monkeypox virus is causing concurrent outbreaks of mpox in Africa, with more and more frequent exportations outside the ...

A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

Environmental scientists have compiled the first list of wetlands in South Africa’s Addo Elephant Park. This will be useful to measure the effects of climate change.

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to ...

More than 7.4 million women will benefit from a cancer project initiated by the Aga Khan Foundation in partnership with France through the Agence Française de Development group and Gates Foundation.

A father and son duo from Kilkenny are undertaking a mammoth journey behind the wheel of a 2003 Lexus as they travel over ...

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