Emergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in response to outbreaks of five major diseases – are believed to have reduced ...

US President Donald Trump is set to meet the leaders of five African states, an invitation the White House sees as an ...

In many Ghanaian cultures, death is not seen as an end, but a passage; an important transition into the ancestral realm .

Wild Africa, a conservation nonprofit, has called for urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of future pandemics by ...

Here's a closer look at the 10 African countries with the highest international air ticket charges in 2024 and what else is ...

The Global Vaccine Summit has recorded several world leaders’ pledges towards Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, securing more than $9 billion towards a target budget of $11.9 billion for its next strategic ...

But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this cave are known carriers of one of the world's deadliest viruses: Marburg, a close cousin ...

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing a new outbreak of Ebola. A global emergency stockpile of Ebola vaccine is being deployed to curb the epidemic, although experts are confident ...

As the world marks World Zoonoses Day today, Wild Africa is calling for urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of ...

As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighboring countries and spark a larger ...