Should a previously unknown pathogen be identified as the cause, health authorities will need to increase measures to contain the spread of the diseas...

Most health-related social media posts from top influencers are misleading, lack medical evidence and are biased by financial backing, a new study sho...

African Union analyst Emmanuel Bensah told DW from Accra, Ghana, that it is crucial that African leaders attending the summit in Addis present concret...

It was not immediately clear what Trump was referring to when he said "90 days," as his executive order pushed back the ban by 75 days.

Kenya's government recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence. AI-generated content has helped fuel dissent and s...

Cartoonist Gideon Kibet and 24-year-old Billy Mwangi were reportedly abducted after sharing AI-generated images depicting Kenyan President William Rut...

The lawsuit alleges that dissolving USAID, which was established as an independent agency in a 1998 law passed by Congress, is beyond Trump's authorit...

Amid soaring prices, some Tigray locals have stormed banks to withdraw money to buy and hoard food and other essential goods.

According to the United Nations' Women division, only six countries in the world have 50 per cent or more women in their single or lower houses of par...

Last week, 13 SADC troops from South Africa and three from Malawi were killed in clashes with fighters belonging to the M23 movement.

The governor of Congo's North Kivu province, Peter Chirimwami, has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, according to the mi...

According to Tigray's interim regional administration, nearly one million displaced people have not been able to return to their homes.

The UNHCR is struggling to feed existing refugees in Malawi due to a funding crisis at the UN's World Food Programme

Climate change is driven by the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by the continued burning of fossil fuels.

The vote is being held amid security challenges due to Boko Haram attacks.

In both incidents, the victims were primarily women and children, who had queued for food handouts for hours.

Ndolo is a co-founder of the Kenyan Fencing Federation, which has officially been part of the World Fencing Association since 2019.

NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of using minerals sourced from illegal mining. DRC communities affected by illicit mining explore the p...

Many live in informal settlements under precarious conditions and have an unconventional approach to creating change.

Unlike Kigali, many cities on the continent grapple with waste management challenges.

The UN says the conflict has driven 11 million people from their homes and unleashed the world's biggest hunger crisis.

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces traded airstrikes that led to the loss of over 100 civilian lives.

So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease. Severe cases have been reported among severely malnourished people, including 31 de...

Retired military officers from Europe protect the DRC capital of North Kivu from falling to Rwandan-backed rebels. The job is well paid but soldiers m...

His supporters hope he will bring stability to the north, while detractors remember power cuts and financial problems.

One of the world’s most ruthless, brutal and enduring reigns looks over, with Syria’s Bashar Assad overthrown. Since taking over from his father more...

This was the first time that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's popularity was tested on the ballot.

Former President Macky Sall lost popularity due to a repressive style of governance and stagnating economic policies.

Even as vote counting was still going on, Senegal’s two main opposition parties conceded.