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The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in one of the worse diseases in 50 years. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever which is feared to be worse than...

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of...

15 Jan 2018 2:50 PM IST

The latest WHO figures show that malaria infected about 216 million people in 2016. (Photo: Pixabay)

New weapon in malaria fight - a better bed net

The vast majority of deaths were in children under the age of five in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

15 April 2018 3:07 PM IST

British supermodel Naomi Campbell displays an outfit by South African designer Kluk CGDTduring the ARISE Fashion Week event in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, March 31, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Supermodel Naomi Campbell urges Vogue to launch African edition

The global fashion industry has attracted criticism in the past because most models for major designers and fashion...

2 April 2018 11:14 AM IST

Baobab trees. (Photo: Pixabay)

Africa's iconic baobab trees dying off at alarming rate

Climate change is a suspected factor but no definite cause is known.

12 July 2018 6:59 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

World's oldest colours discovered

The team from the Australian National University made the discovery.

10 July 2018 2:20 PM IST

A tortoise whose royal owners claimed was 344 years old years old has died in the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogbomosho, southwest Nigeria, a spokesman said Saturday. (Photo: Twitter/ @AlsoDamilare)

344-year-old African Tortoise with 'healing powers', Alagba, dies

The king had employed two palace workers to take care of the tortoise. Its remains would be preserved for posterity,...

6 Oct 2019 11:59 AM IST

Both Kenya and Uganda have intensified efforts to promote self-testing. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Improvement in AIDS treatment in Africa could make people complacent

Complacency a concern as AIDS treatment improves in Africa.

3 Dec 2019 2:55 PM IST

The coordinated assault began with an explosion that targeted three vehicles outside a bank (Photo: AP)

Al-Shabab extremists claim deadly attack on Nairobi hotel

Extremists stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday

16 Jan 2019 12:13 PM IST

Hominins a subset of great apes that includes Homo sapiens and Neanderthals are believed to have emerged in Africa more than six million years ago. (Photo: AFP)

210000 year old skull identifies as the earliest modern human remains

'Oldest remains' outside Africa reset human migration clock.

11 July 2019 10:17 AM IST

Elephants are often sought for their ivory tusks. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

How hunters are protecting wildlife in Africa

Hunters turn gamekeepers to help C Africa's threatened wildlife.

30 Aug 2019 12:00 PM IST

Trump has made clamping down on legal and illegal immigration a signature policy of his administration. (Photo:AP)

Donald Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting US:...

During a hurricane briefing, Trump asked if it were possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by...

26 Aug 2019 8:10 AM IST

Heath workers take a break during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP)

WHO study predicts virus could infect more than 200 million people in...

The predictions made by a WHO modelling study comes amid stark warnings that COVID-19 threatens of a health emergency in...

15 May 2020 9:45 AM IST