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Mpox, known as monkeypox, is caused by infection with a virus that’s in the same family as the one that causes smallpox

Meloni, whose Africa development plan has drawn criticism, has pushed for the continent to be a central theme at G7.

Recent findings reveal potent synthetic opioids, nitazenes, in African drug consumption, raising overdose concerns.

A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market

The actor told Piers Morgan that he had joined the humanitarian trip to Africa at the behest of Bill Clinton

The National Arts Festival was established in 1974 in Grahamstown (now Makhanda) in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Each year, in winter, the rural town transforms into a hive of theatres, galleries, markets and eating spots.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attacks on Italy’s cultural heritage – from libel suits against intellectuals to her government’s censorship of texts critical of Mussolini – have made headlines across Europe. Less attention, however, has been granted to the agricultural minister’s blows on the country’s natural heritage. Francesco Lollobrigida, who has…

Senegal has joined the ranks of oil-producing nations with Australian company Woodside Energy on Tuesday announcing the start of production in the West African country's first offshore project.

In addition to the seven heads of state, leaders from Africa and the Indo-Pacific region will also be present to discuss economic cooperation