The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Three men deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison without charge for seven weeks

Burkina Faso has joined a growing list of African nations tightening laws against same-sex relations, with an extensive new code set to reshape family and nationality rules.

As the population of older people increases across the African continent, experts are seeing a spike in new diagnoses of dementia.

Spotlight on Africa returns after the summer break. In this episode, we travel first to Rwanda and then on to Malawi. We begin by examining how the United States, along with some European powers, is looking to third countries in Africa to take in illegal migrants, with particular focus on…

Africa's population of older people is ballooning but across the continent, medical care is out of reach for many of them

Fueled by advances in sanitation, nutrition, and disease response, Africa is undergoing a longevity boom, with countries like Uganda set to quadruple their elderly population over the course of just 40 years

For decades, public health efforts across sub-Saharan Africa have focused on HIV prevention, testing and treatment campaigns on children, and women of reproductive age, overlooking the population at older ages.

Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them.

Contraception, or birth control, can take a number of forms including drugs, devices, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Methods can be long-acting or short-acting. Obasanjo Bolarinwa, who teaches public health and global healthcare management, unpacks his research into the use of long-acting contraceptives among sexually active women in 26 sub-Saharan…