Africa

Researchers criticise reforms advocated by IMF for chronically under-funded and insufficiently staffed health systems in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra...

A University of Cambridge scientist is helping the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

New research shows that chimpanzees search for the right tools from a key plant species when preparing to ‘ant dip’ - a crafty technique enabling...

Ebola, as with many emerging infections, is likely to have arisen due to man’s interaction with wild animals – most likely the practice of hunting...

A pioneering initiative in the slums of Dar es Salaam aims to transform student volunteering, by kick-starting locally-run initiatives in healthcare...

A milestone in the University of Cambridge’s engagement with Africa was recently reached as senior University officers and researchers arrived in...

A new transformative point-of-care diagnostic which gives instant results for the detection of genetic material from the HIV virus is being rolled...

Africa’s fastest-growing economies could offer a radical alternative to the West’s current reliance on national capitalism according to an academic...