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Moo Deng, whose name means “bouncy pork”, shot to fame soon after she was born in July this year, thanks to viral videos that ...

An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for nine countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organizations say.

Analysis - The world's first superstar hippo lives in a zoo in Thailand. Moo Deng shot to fame soon after she was born in ...

There are many reasons Africa is the growth capital of the world. For a start, the continent’s competitive advantages include a young population, abundant mineral wealth, fertile land and a ...

Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Andre Arendse believes Ronwen Williams has elevated African goalkeeping to new heights.

Africa is also a key supplier of a range of food products to the EU, US with data from Trade Map reporting a record ...

A new global risk map for 2025 identifies countries that have the potential to pose high-risk and extreme risk for travelers.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...

It was a milestone moment for the Lobito Corridor, an initiative backed by a US and Europe that aims to create an efficient transport link from Africa ... to some of the world’s largest ...