GENEVA (21 February 2025) – Parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure bodies of the deceased are treated with respect and dignity and are properly documented before ...

The ouster of Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, only the second Black general to serve as Joint Chiefs chairman, is sure to send shock ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of mpox cases reported in Africa has surpassed 19,500 so far this year, as conflict and "massive displacement" in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

A federal judge on Friday again blocked the Trump administration's cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving studies.

The lawsuit filed in Texas in September 2024 against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is in response to ...

The African Union commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AU handle deepening ...

As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...

Heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois withdraws from boxing bout with Joshua Parker in Saudi Arabia due to illness.

Climate change and conflict are fuelling a resurgence of cholera in Africa, with progress toward elimination undermined by chronic underfunding, according to new analysis.

The fighting in recent weeks has raised fears of a repeat of the Second Congo War, from 1998 to 2003, which drew in multiple ...

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...