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The United Arab Emirates recorded three more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Monday, nearly a week after announcing the Gulf state's first case of the virus. The ministry did not reveal any details about the individuals infected. The first case was a 29-year-old woman visiting the country…

Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates detected on Tuesday the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in a young woman who traveled from West Africa. The government said little about the patient, but stressed that authorities were investigating her contacts and "taking all necessary measures" to limit the…

‘This is not the kind of spread we’ve seen in West Africa, so there may be something new happening in the West,’ one expert said

The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times.

Violence from armed groups and criminal networks is on the rise across West Africa.

DENVER — The Denver Art Museum has formally removed a looted Benin plaque from its collection — the first step toward repatriating a prized relic that the British plundered in West Africa more than a century ago.

Monkeypox is a viral condition usually associated with travel to West Africa but these patients haven't travelled to places where it is endemic

A person in England has been diagnosed with a rare viral monkeypox infection thought to be linked to travel to West Africa, health authorities said on Saturday.

The disease, which is similar to smallpox, is usually found in central and West Africa