A new and deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is the latest health emergency forcing African governments to break free ...

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after about 80 people died from the virus in the Democratic ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

The absence of approved therapeutics or vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant of the Ebola disease, has caused ...

New research reveals that a rift in Earth’s crust is just a few million years away from splitting the continent of Africa into two—and creating a new ocean ...

Billionaire Aliko Dangote’s plan to replicate his Nigerian mega-refinery in East Africa is gaining momentum — he just doesn’t ...

Africa’s Turkana Rift Zone, a hotbed of hominin fossils, is caught in the act of “necking," a critical transition toward ...

What makes a country one of the “best” in the world? It is no longer just about economic size or military strength.

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