The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Poignant Kenyan short film Act of Love, screened in Nairobi this week, is on a mission to raise awareness about maternal mental health in Africa – with a special focus on postpartum depression. Inspired by a true story, the film has spent the past year touring film festivals across the…

The South African beat the Nigerian-born New Zealander in round four, marking a successful first defence of the middleweight belt

While WHO and Africa CDC declare public health emergencies over mpox, questions of vaccine access are critical

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says more important cases in Europe is ‘highly likely’

A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday.

Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak is centered on the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease has…

Sweden and Pakistan have both reported cases of mpox days after the WHO declared the virus an ’emergency’.

A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization

High in the wintry mountains of Lesotho, Sharon Kadangwe from Malawi is learning to ski on a strip of snow that runs down a dry, brown slope at southern Africa's only ski resort.

South African Dricus du Plessis is confident of defending his middleweight crown when he takes on Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 in Perthy.

Learn about the global emergency declaration for mpox outbreaks in Africa, its transmission, differences from COVID-19, and efforts to combat the virus.