Ethiopia confirmed its first mpox cases in late May, with 3 infections reported, and last week the total rose sharply, to 40 ...

Ethiopia has reported the first death from mpox while the virus infected five in the east African country, the health ministry disclosed over the weekend.The ministry in its daily situation reported r ...

The Ethiopian Health Ministry confirmed on Saturday the first death from mpox in the country, with five people still infected. No new infections or recovery cases have been reported in the last 24 ...

Using genomic tracing, researchers from Nigeria, the United States, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Belgium estimate that the ...

In a historic demonstration of political resolve and continental unity, twenty African Union (AU) Member States affected by cholera convened on 4 June 2025 for a high-level virtual meeting, following ...

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

The only antiviral recognised as an mpox treatment was unable to shorten the time to resolution of lesions in a trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicentre of an outbreak ...

Devastating floods have swept through Mokwa and surrounding communities in Niger State in northern Nigeria, claiming 200 lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

Lessons learned from the Covid pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic raging in Africa, according to the Gavi vaccine alliance. The Covid ...

Africa has reported approximately 130,000 cholera cases and over 2,700 deaths, accounting for 60% of global cases and a ...