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Zambia reported an outbreak of Schistosomiasis, also known as Bilharzia, in Chirundu district in the southern part of the country. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo said the "disease broke out last week at one of the local schools where…

At least 30 people have been killed during two days of attacks by gunmen in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Red Cross says It happened in Ituri province, which along with neighbouring North Kivu, are under an official…

Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced a major gas deal with Algeria, which promises to reduce his country's heavy reliance on Russian imports. Under the deal from this autumn, increased gas supplies will be sent…

Ramirez Amaya Sebastian, who is based at a university in the US, had been carrying out a 'routine research' in the park forest with an assistant when the incident happened, according to the Uganda Wildlife Authority, UWA. “They came…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reached out to the African Union, AU, for support against Russia's aggression and requested to address the continental organisation. Mr. Zelensky called Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday…

Non-communicable diseases, or diseases that are not transmitted directly from one person to another, are said to be on the rise in Africa as climate change continues to pose a big threat to health in the region, the World Health…

A study has found a significant under-counting of infections on the continent because of so many cases with no symptoms. This indicates that true infections on the continent were 97 times larger than reported confirmed cases. Speaking…

The jailed head of Sudan's former ruling party is be freed, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday, becoming the most senior figure from the deposed regime of Omar al-Bashir to have charges of crimes against the state dropped since a coup last…

In Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the thousands of plastic bottles thrown into the Ruzizi River routinely clog the hydropower station's turbines, shutting it down for months at a time and plunging the city into darkness.…

The military authorities in Mali say they have opened an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians by Malian troops and foreign fighters. Mali's army said last Friday that "it had killed more than 200 Islamist militants…