UNICEF is mainstreaming climate-smart programming to protect and empower young people, mitigate negative impacts and ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to ...

Several African countries maintain attack helicopter fleets, which are integral to their military capabilities. These ...

High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in ...

In the WHO African Region, 21 countries have eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease. Onchocerciasis is the second neglected tropical disease eliminated in Niger: the country was ...

Africa’s debt is primarily external, with the region's external debt reaching US$1.2 trillion by 2023, making up nearly 60% ...

Disinformation campaigns are exploding across Africa, with Russia believed to be the main instigator. DW explains how the methods and objectives of these campaigns differ from region to region and how ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world by land area.

Demonstrators accuse embassies of being allies of Rwanda whom they blame for supporting M23 rebels that claimed to have taken ...