Today, the term "Big Five" refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa's most iconic animals. However, it has a much darker history.

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly ...

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World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...

A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...

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Air quality monitors powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are being deployed in Uganda's capital city in efforts to drive ...

A groundbreaking study by Harvard, Georgetown, and the World Bank reveals that Sub-Saharan Africa’s primary health care ...

In sub-Saharan Africa more than six million pregnant and parenting girls are out of school – and few go back after giving birth. Here’s how the barriers to girls’ schooling can be broken down to help ...

Dr. Joseph Lubega calls sickle cell disease “probably the saddest story of a health problem that you could imagine.” He and ...

Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for nearly 59% of all terrorism-related deaths globally, despite ongoing efforts by member states to combat ...

The Trump administration's order to stop all foreign aid has immediately affected people with HIV/AIDS. Clinics around the world rely on U.S. funds to provide treatments to those battling the disease.