The recent withdrawal of USAID funding threatens to unravel health care systems across Africa, leading to increased malaria deaths and shortages of essential medical supplies, particularly in conflict ...

To navigate financial constraints, African nations must rethink and redesign their healthcare systems. Three key areas where cost-effective, preventive strategies can work are: improving water, ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

A new study reveals that a distinct North African human lineage lived in the Central Sahara over 7,000 years ago, during the ...

Analysis - Until dependency ratios shift, Africa's large youthful population will remain the continent's biggest barrier to ...

Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.

A new map published on social media by the Met Office shows a huge swathe of Saharan dust particles bound for the UK. If you ...

GamesConnect AFRICA aims to create opportunities for African game developers to collaborate with international gaming ...

A synthesis by IFPRI and CGIAR reveals that women in Sub-Saharan Africa face systemic barriers to climate adaptation despite their central role in agriculture. Gender-responsive interventions like ...

As gospel music’s appeal keeps rising globally, Nigerian pastor Nathaniel Bassey and singer Mercy Chinwo are leading the pack ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.