In the remote village of Panzi, nestled deep within Kwango province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a deadly ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

Wild chimpanzees inhabit various environments in Africa, from dense tropical rainforests to more open woodland and savannah ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

A “mystery disease” recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 ...

Diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are spread by the females of the Aedes aegypti and ...

Although well-intended, WHO’s overcautious and convoluted regulatory process stalled vaccine delivery for months before an ...

In the 1950s and 60s, her mother, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising the ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce ...

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Regional Referral Hospital is battling an acute shortage of drugs and medical ...

As spikes in a respiratory virus and images of overwhelmed intensive care units emerge, there is a worrying echo of the early days of Covid. Zoë Beaty asks if Beijing is downplaying what is happening ...

Dr Nompumelelo Lebogang Malaza from South Africa won first place in the Merck Foundation Mars Awards 2024 for her impactful research on maternal and neonatal health, highlighting the role of African ...