Congo’s current epidemic is on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016

Six months after the nation declared a public health emergency due to low supplies, a watchdog report paints a bleak picture

At least 14 new country-to-country deals have been signed in an ‘America First’ reboot of Washington’s huge international aid spending

Rapid Support Forces militia accused of using sexual violence as weapon of war to torture and humiliate women

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 460 patients and companions were killed at the Saudi Maternity Hospital

The incredibly rare 24.5kg meteorite sold for £3.2m at a New York auction in July

With Al-Shabaab 25 miles outside of Mogadishu a weak government consumed by infighting and corruption tells citizens capital will not fall

Campaigners warn that large numbers of patients believed to have stopped treatment could signal rising infections and deaths

Investigation is latest to spotlight an international black market matching those desperate enough to sell organs with wealthy recipients

Deserted streets as Biafran separatist group compels Monday lockdowns with shootings and arson

A programme preventing mother-to-child transmission has become a casualty of Donald Trump’s decision to sharply cut back Pepfar

Young activists are killed, beaten and brutalised over ‘Gen Z’ revolt but vow not to back down in fight for democracy

Poor and middle income countries are being forced to cut back on hospitals, schools and development so they can pay off creditors

Discovery that the world’s most successful parasite can ‘decapitate’ sperm offers a new path to understanding rising infertility among men

Agency said it has been forced to ‘hyper-prioritise’ humanitarian projects after savage donor cuts

Dozens of experimental trials have been jeopardised by deep cuts to spending, new analysis shows

Desperate migrants lured to Moscow by fake job adverts are used to bolster Putin’s depleted invasion forces

As Rampahosa attempts to rebuild dismal ties in Washington, experts say funding for flagship HIV/Aids programme is not expected to resume

Covid-19 changed the trajectory of a small vaccine venture. Now, its researchers hope to develop new mRNA jabs for even more diseases

Rise in Houthi attacks distracts naval patrols from the threat of hijackers off the Horn of Africa

American largesse to African nations has been vast and is the mainstay of international aid – but these days of generosity are numbered

As Sudan's civil war spirals, refugees recall witnessing pogroms, mass killings and barbarism

As ministers gather in London to find a ‘pathway to peace’, the country teeters on the edge of catastrophe

Coating used on chicken coops promises to slash indoor temperatures and help millions of people get a good night’s sleep

Forced labour camps run by human traffickers are defrauding billions from unsuspecting victims across the globe

Overall new infections and deaths could match numbers last seen in the early 2000s, according to peer-reviewed study

South African team is trapped at remote Sanae IV base by encroaching ice and weather as the southern hemisphere winter sets in

US president’s quip and pause to aid in African country has shocked many, but also gives politicians a chance to ‘re-strategise’

Edgar Riches, who raised ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’ in overseas aid, was left dying on the road in Nairobi

As the barbaric rebel group advances in the Democratic Republic of Congo, families make a desperate dash for the border with Burundi

Breakthrough injection is even more effective at blocking the HIV virus than previously thought, peer-reviewed study reveals

Thousands of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other health personnel at US-funded programmes have reported job losses

Every scrap of food counts for the millions on the brink of starvation in the remote Nuba mountains

Trump’s pause in USAID spending has put major African HIV vaccine and prevention trials on hold, leaving the research world in shock

Some 40 people linked to a nurse who died with the haemorrhagic fever last week will be the first to receive the new jab