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One of the most dangerous spots is Lake Victoria. And even the police who patrol the lake don't always know how to swim. But a life preserver may be on the way.
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Forces from 27 countries took part last month in U.S.-led counterterrorism exercises to fight extremist violence by Boko Haram, the flow of foreign fighters and trafficking in the Lake Chad region.
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A new study looks at the role that trees play in the lives of African farmers. They definitely provided more than shade.
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It's part of a pilot program from Doctors Without Borders in a part of Mozambique where roughly 1 in 10 adults is infected with the virus.
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They're wearing the diverse fashions of Africa — but they're not wearing African fashion. A new book explains the difference.
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That's what the World Health Organization says about an inoculation that's on track to wipe out meningitis A in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Commercial imports of elephant ivory have been banned by federal and international law for decades. But now wildlife activists are pressing West Coast...
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UPDATED: University of Washington Biology Professor Samuel Wasser calls elephants and their poaching for ivory “the original blood diamonds.”He’s been…
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One of the problems with saving lives is it’s hard to identify a death averted. Success in disease prevention is often invisible.You typically can’t say,…