Taking a page from President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Incident Management System or Task Force overseeing Liberia's response to the deadly Ebola virus outbreak, has characterized a recent audit b

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Margaret Chan, has announced on Monday, May 18, 2015 that she is establishing a $100 million contingency fund to ensure that the U.N.

A severe humanitarian crisis is emerging in Tanzania as thousands of refugees from Burundi continue to seek asylum in neighbouring countries, due to escalating political tensions, according to the

HIV/AIDS accounted for 59.3 percent of female deaths recorded in Nigeria for four years on the average according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

An outbreak of meningitis with "unprecedented features" is spreading rapidly in Niger, with a tripling of cases in the past two weeks, hundreds of deaths so far this year and vaccines in short supp

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has set aside more than 14.5 million shillings to boost tree planting within western region during this rainy season, Africa Science News has estab

Dodoma — THE government, through the Water Sector Development Programme, is implementing several water projects in 10 villages in all district councils in the country.

Cape Town — Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom says Robben Island, one of the world's top tourist attraction spots, will soon generate its power from solar panels.