Africa

Abuja: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 29% of deaths in Nigeria and place a heavy burden on the country's health systems, according to the...

Kinshasa: Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have topped 1,000, a new mark in an outbreak that remains active and continues...

The postponement of the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-IV), which was scheduled to take place in New Delhi from May 28 to 31, has drawn attention to...

El-Obeid: The United Nations Security Council on Saturday voiced its concerns over the "imminent risk of mass atrocities" in Sudan as paramilitary forces...

Washington DC: The US has deported a number of migrants to the Central African Republic, one of the world's poorest and most troubled states, under a...

New Delhi: As Central Africa grapples with a deadly Ebola outbreak, India has emerged as a key player in the global response, taking on the urgent task of...

Nairobi: At least one person was shot and killed Tuesday by Kenyan police during a protest against a planned Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens in the...

Kampala: On Monday, the director-general of the UN's World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited Uganda, which borders the...

New Delhi: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Sunday highlighted the need for strong political...

Kinshasa: Three weeks since the start of the latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there have been 397 confirmed cases, including...