Kenya has become the first African country to introduce the generic version of the new first-line drug Dolutegravir (DTG) for people living with HIV.

There is a 71 per cent chance that the coat of paint on your house wall contains dangerously high amounts of lead, a new report says.

Efforts to revive Kenya’s coffee sub-sector are facing a new challenge: Climate change.

Tanzania is set to establish a well-equipped snow and ice data centre on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, a senior official said Tuesday.

Fair Trade Jewellery has announced the first export of conflict-free and traceable artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Canada.

A rapidly expanding population is stretching the capacity of Kigali city to assure piped water supply to its rural districts.

The ongoing drought in the Horn and southern African countries and armyworms invasion, pose a major food security threat to the continent, official said.

A cholera outbreak in South Sudan’s Namurunynag State in Eastern Equatoria has killed more than 60 people in one month, local Governor Louse Lobong Lojore said.

For decades, the residents of Rwaza sector, living next to River Mukungwa have had to contend with electricity transmission lines pass overhead to Kigali but not to their premises.

East Africa is driving a global initiative to phase out the use of mercury in mining, as it is harmful to human health and the environment.

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