West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while ...

For the past year, marine pilot Ian Lawrence and his family of four have been volunteering on a hospital ship off the coast ...

Global malnutrition risks getting worse because of Trump’s cuts in humanitarian aid, and here are the effects.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, estimated in 2020 to be 545 maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths, more than 136 times higher than that of the lowest region.1 ...

At the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, two baby chimps in their caretakers' arms are ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

Global health specialists talk about the consequences of the full or partial ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries.

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. Paul Adepoju reports.

Boom in infections in the West African nation is driven by the same viral strain that caused a global outbreak in 2022.

An immigrant from Sierra Leone who owns a store in Charleroi shares her reaction to seeing the country where her family still ...