South Africa was also one of the first states to accept the court’s jurisdiction in 2002. Today, 34 of the 55 African Union member states have formally accepted the protocol, thereby agreeing to the ...

The significant health progress made over the past decade in Central, Eastern, Southern and West Africa—where many countries ...

Chad has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality. A group of midwives helped but now their jobs are on the line — one ...

Otwoma noted that with over 70 percent of Kenya's HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria treatment programs reliant on ...

Enormous progress has been made in tackling the global HIV epidemics over the past two decades. The number of people dying ...

For years, Namibia’s HIV response has been supported by US funding, particularly through the United States President's ...

A “large portion” of PEPFAR-funded staff working on HIV response in South Africa will be affected because dozens of USAID ...

Amid major disruptions caused by aid cuts from the United States government, the health department aims to enrol a record additional 1.1 million people living with HIV on life-saving antiretrovirals ...

Origin and dispersal of Homo sapiens has been widely, though ever more narrowly, debated between two main competing models—the Multiregional Evolution model and the Out of Africa model.

A mother has gone on trial accused of kidnapping and selling her young daughter in South Africa. Kelly Smith, whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith, denies organising the abduction of her ...

A contentious law that allows South Africa’s government to expropriate land – without compensation in some cases – has enraged the United States, triggering aid cuts by Washington and ...

South Africa cruised into the Champions Trophy semifinals in dominant fashion, defeating England by seven wickets to top Group B in Karachi on Saturday. Opting to bat, England were bundled out for ...