The African Union (AU) is preparing to elect a new chairperson for its commission to succeed the outgoing Moussa Mahamat Faki. The election will take place during the 38th Ordinary Session of the ...

In Addis AbabaA few hours to the ballot, leading contenders for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairman are pulling out all the stops to secure the backing of influential leaders and regional ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one ...

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala ...

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt ...

This week, conflict and crisis dominate the headlines. In DR Congo, M23 rebels appear to have seized the key city of Goma, forcing thousands to flee and reigniting tensions over Rwanda's alleged ...

AP Tanzania declared an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg disease ... Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the ...