Some staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development describe racing the clock to try to push out promised funds for surviving global aid programs, ahead of USAID's last day as an ...

The Trump administration formally shut down the United States Agency for International Development on July 1, after canceling ...

Two molecules found in various plants, including one extracted from birch, could prevent viruses as formidable as HIV, Ebola, ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

This documentary focuses on a large number of inside stories and vivid details of the little-known Chinese medical team's assistance to Africa.

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) are contributing to the development of a new vaccine designed to provide broad protection ...

The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise and could spread to neighbouring countries, including Chad, which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees ...

July 1 is the official end date for the agency that President Trump dismantled. We talk to four former top officials about ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...