Prison conditions in DR Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported in detention centres run by the intelligence services, the UN High Commissioner for Human ...

DR Congo decades long security problems, which are driven by more than 200 armed groups operating in the country's east, cannot be blamed on Rwanda, says Rwandan Permanent Representative to the United ...

The auction of a 200-year-old Naga ancestor’s skull in Britain has sparked outrage, leading to its withdrawal. Activists and ...

The start of vaccinations begins to address a huge inequity that left African countries with no access to the two shots used ...

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Eric Mbonigaba recovered from mpox after four weeks in hospital but the Burundian motorcycle taxi ...

Mpox is caught through close contact. If you get infected, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms ...

Furious Indian politicians, activists and academics have demanded a 200-year-old skull listed for auction in former colonial ...

Although well-intended, WHO’s over-cautious and convoluted regulatory process stalled vaccine delivery for months before an approval was granted last month. Hundreds of lives were lost in the meantime ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of creating obstacles in ongoing negotiations to resolve the M23 rebel ...

Marburg virus had killed 12 people in Rwanda as of early October, touching off the nation’s first confirmed outbreak of the highly virulent disease that can have a fatality rate of close to 90%. From ...

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with ...

Solar companies are bringing power to Central and West Africa — areas which have some of the world’s lowest electrification ...