Northern Rwanda continues to face repeated landslides and mudslides driven by heavy rainfall and fragile mountainous terrain.

Uganda has stepped up Ebola screening and contact tracing in Kampala after confirming two new cases involving health workers, ...

Ethiopian opposition parties go into elections on June 1, facing threats, insurgencies, near-total state control of the media ...

A pipeline of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics are under review by the World Health Organizations to bring about a fast ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new wave of drone strikes has hit both rebel-held and government-controlled areas.

The Ebola outbreak and food insecurity are deeply intertwined, the World Food Programme’s Ituri bureau chief told the ...

The World Health Organization on Friday said the outbreak is spreading rapidly and now poses a “very high” risk nationally.

Qaeda's Sahel branch have imposed a road blockade on the main routes into Bamako, torching dozens of buses and freight trucks ...

The move is linked to allegations of "torture and sexual assault" of two East African rights activists last year.

The World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Prevention on Saturday unveiled a six-month Ebola response plan for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the ...

Senegal’s livestock markets are facing a shortage of sheep just days before Tabaski, as insecurity in neighbouring Mali ...

The president of Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera has appointed a new government, one month after taking ...