This essay, co-authored by a historian of science and an X-ray crystallographer, sheds new light on Rosalind Franklin’s Photograph 51. We refute the infamous claim that, unlike James Watson, Franklin ...

Last month, on 3 September, March and March supporters converged on an encampment of displaced immigrants at Che Guevara Road in Durban in a ‘clean-up’ operation. But, in their own words, the people d...

What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

YouTube video by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)

Decades before Ernst Roets lobbied the US, a little-known Kempton Park woman linked the AWB to global neo-Nazis – a story that sheds light on international support for the farm murder cause.…

Trucks were 'clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles', UN agency says.

Vipsania - unsupervised ab initio eukaryotic gene prediction web server (pretrained models, no finetuning)

By Dr. Douglas R. Waverly, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Yale University

MSF is calling for greater transparency and access planning as promising Bundibugyo Ebola treatments are tested in DRC, warning that scientific success alone will not ensure equitable access for patie...

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

We speak with Suzannah Mirghani about ’Cotton Queen,’ Sudan’s disrupted film history, the legacy of British colonialism and making cinema during wartime

1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.

Thousands flee Mekelle amid advancing troops and disrupted services as tensions rise in Ethiopia's northern territories.

The UAE shares no border with Sudan and faces no refugee crisis from its war. It has only an interest in the country’s gold, ports, and in making sure a popular revolution doesn’t spread.

It promised to bring ‘everlasting peace’: Gaza was to be rebuilt; military operations halted; ‘full aid’ given; and an International Stabilisation Force set up. It has failed on every count.

Scientific Reports - Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants threatens progress toward control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In a phase 1–2 trial in...

Fighting has returned to northern Ethiopia, shattering a fragile peace in the region. DW spoke to civilians caught in the crossfire amid communication blackouts, as rebel and federal forces keep battl...

The pathogen, which reduces milk production, is the latest midge-transmitted virus affecting ruminants to reach the continent

2026 year’s World Rabies Day theme is: “Stronger Together”.

EU allocates majority of aid to sub-Saharan Africa to fund actions related to migration, conflict and food insecurity.