AFRICA NEWS

China's decision to remove tariffs on imports from 53 African countries is expected to deepen trade ties with the continent while accelerating the adoption of the Chinese yuan in cross-border...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has not yet reached its...

A man was shot dead during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for United States citizens in central Kenya, as tensions escalated over plans to establish the centre...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have unveiled a $518 million six-month emergency response plan aimed at containing the rapidly...

More than 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks by suspected Islamist rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), further complicating efforts to contain a growing...

Funding commitments for the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa have fallen sharply, with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealing that pledged support...

Hundreds of Ghanaian nationals have begun returning home from South Africa following a wave of anti-immigrant protests and reported violence targeting migrants from other African countries. The first group of...

The World Bank says it is mobilizing staff, emergency resources and a new financing package to support the response to the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the...

The World Health Organization has raised the national risk level of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to “very high” as infections and suspected deaths...

A new Ebola case has been confirmed in rebel-controlled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, raising fresh concerns that the deadly outbreak is spreading far beyond its original epicentre. Authorities...