M23 rebels continue to make significant advances in eastern DR Congo. They have seized the strategic town of Minova, a key supply route to the provincial capital Goma.

South Sudanese authorities have suspended access to social media platforms for a minimum of 30 days after videos depicting ...

UNICEF needs unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access, including across borders and conflict lines, to reach every child.

Zimbabwe is struggling to bring under control the cholera outbreak that began late last year. Instead, the disease is spreading to eight districts and has affected over 300 people in the last three ...

South Sudanese authorities have ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least 30 days, citing concerns over ...

Sudan's crisis offers a preview of how climate change and health care collapse can transform political conflicts into comprehensive humanitarian catastrophes.

Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the figures illustrated the scale of the unfolding humanitarian crisis ...

UNMISS peacekeepers support humanitarian efforts to protect civilians during cholera outbreak - The Maravi Post ...

“While oral cholera vaccination is important, it is one of several tools to curb the ongoing outbreak,” says Dr Humphrey ...

Over one million people have fled the ongoing conflict in Sudan into neighbouring South Sudan, new data provided by two ...

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

Sudan is in its second year of this most recent civil war. In reality, the country has known only 11 years of relative peace over the last 69 years. But there have been hopeful—though fleeting—moments ...