A fishing vessel off the coast of Nampula province, northern Mozambique, reportedly sank on April 7th, with nearly 130 people on board. Following a tragic shipwreck off the ... Read more »
NCDs are a major cause of death worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries. They are chronic conditions that are not contagious and can develop gradually or result ... Read more »
Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone marked a significant step toward malaria prevention this week when the three countries seperately launched large-scale rollouts of the ... Read more »
The U.S. Pentagon has announced plans to "reposition" American troops from Chad as part of a "temporary step" ahead of the country's presidential poll. The move comes after a ... Read more »
Human Rights Watch said the mass killings, which included about 56 children, took place in February in the country's northern villages of Nondin and Soro. The rights group has ... Read more »
New research reveals that vaccines have saved over 50 million lives in Africa over the last 50 y Read more »
The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark ruling in the dispute over replacing officials with tenure by President Joseph Boakai. In a unanimous judgment read by Chief Justice ... Read more »
Heavy rains continue to batter Kenya, causing widespread devastation and displacing residents across the country. In the hard-hit North Rift region, floodwaters have inundate Read more »
The United Nations reported a significant increase of 50% in verified cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in the war in 2023, with a total of 3,688 cases. Read more »
Nigeria has become the first country globally to implement the new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis, which the World Health Organization (WHO) described as "Read more »
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