South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara ...

A map of deadly infectious diseases known to attack the central nervous system (CNS) of people who are already suffering with ...

Saudi Arabia will require all travelers, including those on Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages, to present a valid meningitis ...

Public health physicians have urged Nigerians to embrace preventive measures against the effects of the dry season in the country.Dry season begins around November and peaks around March and April ...

The mandatory vaccine is Tetravalent meningococcal (ACYW135) and must be administered at least 10 days prior to travel.

Togolese authorities confirmed over the weekend a resurgence of new meningitis cases in the Dankpen district, located in the ...

Eritrea has achieved over 95% immunization coverage and introduced vaccines like Meningitis-A and HPV since 2020. Community-led sanitation initiatives have made the majority of Eritrean villages open ...

Meningitis, for example, is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa with a so-called ‘meningitis belt’ that extends from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east. It encompasses 26 countries with an ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

The northern part of Nigeria, where both Kano state and Kano city are located, lies in a region of sub-Saharan African dubbed the meningitis belt, stretching from Ethiopia in the east to Senegal in ...

Simply sign up to the Mining myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. International mining companies are at the mercy of “terrifying” tactics from military regimes in Africa’s Sahel ...