Health

Outcry over Uganda university pregnancy test orde

An internal university memo obtained by AFP on Thursday instructed all female...

Zimbabwe's 'mental health benches' exported to the W...

Choice Jiya, 43, said she owes her life to the service offered on the benches...

Cholera outbreak kills 214 in Malawi

The impoverished southern African country has recorded 7,499 cases of the dis...

Residents on edge as Uganda reports Ebola cases in K...

So far, the death toll across the country from the Ebola epidemic declared in...

Uganda locks down two districts over Ebola outbreak

The health ministry says there have been 19 deaths and 58 confirmed cases of ...

19 dead in Morocco after drinking toxic alcohol

The victims are thought to have consumed the toxic alcohol in the suspect's s...

DRC declares end to Ebola virus outbreak after six w...

Five people died during the previous outbreak, the central African nation's 1...

Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak, the Sudan strain typ...

The Uganda virus research institute Enttebe together with the Ministry for He...

Botswana hits 'historic' UN goal against HIV: report

The country has met the so-called "95-95-95" target on HIV diagnosis, treatme...

South Africa's power cuts take a toll on mental health

"The consistent on-and-off of the electric grid is creating an air of disillu...

DR Congo drug manufacturing plan sparks safety concerns

About 73% of the DRC's population of 90 million lives on under $1.9 a day, ac...

Somalia president tests positive for COVID-19

"So far, I have no symptoms but I will continue to self-isolate and serve the...

Senegal, U.S. to help lead upcoming global COVID-19 ...

Death of pregnant woman pleading for care sparks out...

Astou Sokhna died nine months pregnant on 7 April in a public hospital in the...