Africa

The World Health Organisation has declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ amid an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has now spread across borders.

An Ebola outbreak has struck Democratic Republic of Congo, with 65 deaths recorded, Africa's top public health body says.

The cruise ship carrying a deadly rat virus outbreak will be able to sail on to Spain’s Canary Islands after the evacuation of two seriously ill passengers. 

Police believe the remains belong to a 59-year-old businessman who was swept away by floodwaters.

A man has been taken into custody after four children died after being attacked with a machete in a nursery school in the capital of Uganda.

​Drones have become a key ‌weapon used by both sides in the war between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces that began in April 2023.

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.

Terrifying footage shows four men gripping onto a boat teetering on the edge of a huge dam spillway.

Benin’s President has condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the country’s capital.

Officials in northern Ethiopia say a volcano, which has no previous record of eruption, has sent ash plumes across the Red Sea.

Paramilitary fighters with the RSF overran the city of el-Fasher, the Sudanese military’s last stronghold, killing and detaining hundreds of people.

At least 63 people have been killed in a road crash involving two buses on a busy highway in Uganda.

Officials say 80 miners are trapped underground in the Dominican Republic with a rescue operation underway.

A Madagascar army colonel says the military has taken charge of the African island country after President Andry Rajoelina fled.

In a speech made from an undisclosed location after a military rebellion, President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled Madagascar in fear for his life but was yet to announce his resignation.