Africa

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The flooding that has swept through parts of West and Central Africa so far this year has claimed hundreds of lives, devastated inftrastructure and agriculture and left millions displaced.  The is warning that...

EXCLUSIVE: David Oyelowo says he wants to use his star power to make more films in Africa and help boost the continent’s movie-making prowess. But he assures “there’s not going...

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died, her...

Three American citizens have been sentenced to death in Congo after being convicted on charges of participating in a coup attempt, with one telling a court that his father —...

The World Health Organization has approved Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine, the first jab it has greenlit to combat the outbreak that has killed at least 643 people in Africa so...

Pravin Gordhan, who held three positions in South Africa’s cabinet and won plaudits for standing up to Jacob Zuma during his scandal-marred presidency, has died. He was 75.   Gordhan...

A top health official has called on wealthy countries not to “abandon Africa” as it races against the , previously known as monkeypox. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and...

In May, pro-independence demonstrations spread across New Caledonia, a small Pacific island territory that has been ruled by France since 1853. Waving the flags of the Indigenous Kanak people as...

The global health agenda can often feel like a space crowded with new, ever more deadly outbreaks, each vying for attention. But one of the greatest health challenges the world...