In a strong act of continental solidarity, His Excellency João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and Chairperson of the African Union, announced a landmark voluntary contribution of USD 5 ...

As outbreaks persist, strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks, while expanding vaccination ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Africa CDC ...

In early April, extreme rainfall and flooding in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed at least 33 people. Such catastrophic rainfall events are predicted to ...

Church bells tolled across the capital of Africa's most populous Roman Catholic nation on Monday after the death of Pope ...

A person has been shot dead at a hospital where Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works in the east of ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic - persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

In January 2025, the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) escalated with fighting between Government ...

Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas.

There are cuts to pandemic preparedness, even though we are barely emerging from the Covid pandemic, and it was less than 10 ...

Belgium has denied claims that it has sent troops to engage rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid a diplomatic spat between Belgium and Rwanda. News reports and social ...