Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels enter Bukavu, escalating conflict and causing displacement in eastern Congo amid ceasefire ...

"The country is less safe," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, told CBS News.

Extreme temperatures hit cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts in time for Valentine's ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its 2025 spending plan to offset the shortfall from U.S. aid cuts.

If urgent action isn’t taken, key cocoa-producing regions like Ivory Coast and Ghana — responsible for 60 percent of the world’s cocoa output — could become unsuitable for cultivation within the next ...

Postal workers in Belgium strike over restructuring with fewer workers doing more work; protests break out in Aden, Yemen against humanitarian crisis due to imperialist-stoked civil war; around 100 wo ...

Africa, the second-largest and second-most-populous continent globally, comprises 54 countries, each with its unique culture, ...

Tyrone Laws is one of the people dedicated to making sure stories of the Jersey Shore's pioneering Black scientists do not disappear forever.

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

Two Sierra Leone stakes started a pilot program with the Church's Strengthening Marriage classes to then teach more members ...