Report is the first to comprehensively assess the global conservation status of peatlands, which store more carbon than all the world's forests' biomass combined; calls for urgent action to protect ...

Rabies is a disease which is known across Africa, killing thousands of people each year through the bite or lick from an infected animal, usually a dog. However, we have the vaccines to protect dogs ...

Uganda is battling its eighth outbreak of Ebola - a highly infectious disease with a fatality rate of over 40%.

In the heart of Uganda, a silent threat looms as health officials grapple with a rising number of Ebola cases.

Rwanda-backed rebels controlling cities in eastern Congo have forcibly closed settlement camps, leading to the displacement ...

Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored ...

Further reading: DR Congo: 'The Church stands with those in rebel-controlled areas' For several days, Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, has been at the center of violent clashes between ...

Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...

Lange's study revealed that the most common ancestor of Zaire ebolavirus was circulating in the forests of what is now the ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and ...