The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country.

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

President Joe Biden’s long-delayed trip to Africa was overshadowed by his controversial pardon of his son Hunter.

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children.

Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon.

Residents in northeastern Nigeria say at least 100 villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes.

The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months.

We are currently monitoring two tropical waves over the central Atlantic.

The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission.

The young people who make up more than half of Algeria's population are so disenchanted that they may not vote in next month's presidential election.

Long-range Euro models hint that we might see some potential tropical development in early August. Here's what you need to know.

The National Hurricane Center reports no tropical cyclone formations are likely in the next week, but there is an impressive tropical wave emerging off the coast of Africa.

Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the country, part of efforts to resolve issues causing a rift between an oil refinery owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and the industry regulator.

Health workers in Ivory Coast have begun giving children the latest malaria vaccine.

The dust will lead to colorful sunsets and slightly hazy skies, with its effects expected to be relatively mild.

After a brief lull in the action, the National Hurricane Center has highlighted a new tropical wave for possible tropical development.

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy.

Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people.

More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion.

Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unraveled a key global trade route, forcing vessels into longer and more costly journeys around Africa.

The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have rerouted trade away from a crucial corridor for consumer goods and energy supplies.

Government health advisers say gay and bisexual men at high risk for mpox infection should get vaccinated for the virus even after the current outbreak ends.

Tropical Storm Sean formed Wednesday in the Atlantic, as another area was highlighted by forecasters off the coast of Africa.

Gulf of Mexico blob to bring high rain and storm chances to Florida

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Morocco, one month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people in the North African country.

Even with El Niño, a typical limiting factor in tropical development, the 2023 hurricane season has been a busy one.

The science of human evolution has made big leaps in recent years, and it’s painting a new picture of our origins.

Some employees in government offices in Nigeria walked off their jobs in protest of the growing cost of living due to the removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met.

The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another military coup rocks Africa.

The Kremlin's spokesperson says “deliberate wrongdoing” is among the possible causes of the plane crash that killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last week.

A new tropical wave off the coast of Africa has been highlighted by the National Hurricane Center.

The Atlantic remains unfavorable for development.

A robust tropical wave emerges from Africa.

British lawmakers say the U.K. has underestimated the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization.

The National Hurricane Center has now highlighted three disturbances for possible tropical development.

Nigeria is trying to make Africa’s largest economy reliant on its own wheat production.

Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula.

Record ocean heat has invaded Florida with a vengeance.

A tropical wave off the coast of Africa could become a tropical depression next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave forecast to move off Africa’s coast.

Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat brought to India from Africa last year died in the past week in central India’s Kuno National Park.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has opened Africa’s biggest oil refinery, with hopes it will help the country achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of refined petroleum products.

The official start of hurricane season is nearing.

The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency.

Tiffani Gay is only 16 years old, but she is one to watch.

The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to continue to rise.

An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is.

Nigeria’s top election official has dismissed concerns that the country’s cash shortage could affect Saturday’s presidential vote.

France’s defense minister has denounced the way he says French soldiers deployed in Africa appear to be depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as “false and misleading.”.

The International Energy Agency says Asia will for the first time use half of the world’s electricity by 2025.

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago.

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

Research in Africa has found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months.

Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, he issued what was widely hailed as a landmark executive order calling for the U.S. government to address the impact of climate change on migration.

From incrementally rising temperatures and seas to an influx of natural disasters, the climate right now certainly isn't the same as it was before the industrial era.

The Spanish charity Open Arms has rescued 372 people seeking to cross the central Mediterranean Sea to Europe in unseaworthy boats in three operations.

A Berlin museum opens fully to the public this week with a very modern take on the display of cultural items from around the world and the debate over demands for some of them to be returned to their homelands.

The National Hurricane Center eyes two tropical waves in the Atlantic.

Once home to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and weary citizens far from the front are pleading for peace.

With Earl now post-tropical in the North Atlantic, the Atlantic Basin remains quiet.

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it.

Here's the latest with the tropics.

Any development in the Atlantic basin will be gradual over the next five to seven days.

The National Hurricane Center designated a disturbance in the the western Gulf of Mexico as Potential Tropical Cyclone Four.

Polish officials are marking their nation’s Armed Forces Day holiday alongside the U.S. army commander in Europe and regular American troops, a symbolic underlining of NATO support for members on the eastern front as Russia wages war nearby in Ukraine.

Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox.

For the first time since July 13, the National Hurricane Center is highlighting a tropical wave for possible development. The area of disturbed weather is currently over Africa, but is expected to emerge into the Atlantic over the weekend.

Spain is struggling to curtail Europe's leading monkeypox outbreak since the disease spread beyond Africa.

The U.S. has declared a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 7,100 Americans.

Spain has reported a second death in as many days from monkeypox.

U.S. health officials say more than 100,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine are on the way to states in the next few days.

British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, according to new numbers released on Tuesday.

U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.

The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent.

British officials said the monkeypox outbreak U.K. is continuing to grow across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men.

British health officials will start offering vaccines to men who are gay or bisexual or have sex with men, who are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa.

British health officials have reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country, for a total of 574 cases.

The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee to determine if the monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread beyond Africa warrants being declared a global health emergency.

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow.

British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country.

British health officials have reported another 73 cases of monkeypox.

Five European Union countries on the Mediterranean Sea say voluntary solidarity from fellow EU nations on caring for migrants isn't enough.

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide.

With one of Europe’s largest gay pride celebrations right around the corner, Spain's LGBTQ community is worried that outbreaks of monkeypox on the continent could lead to an increase of homophobic sentiment based on misunderstandings of the disease.

A leading World Health Organization adviser says the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox in developed countries is “a random event” that might be explained by sexual behavior at two recent raves in Europe.

A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative.

A presumptive case of monkeypox is being investigated in South Florida.

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization.

Massachusetts has reported a case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada.

Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease.

Portuguese health authorities have confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically limited to Africa.

The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking the first tropical wave to come off the coast of Africa, even though it is more than three weeks until the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1.

Here we go.

Climate activists are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal city of Tanga.

Experts say there are several reasons why COVID-19 vaccination rates are still low in some countries, in addition to limited supplies.

Stepping has a long tradition in Black communities, derived from Africa gumboot dancing.

The European Commission is downplaying as a “storm in a teacup” an incident last week at a EU-Africa summit in Brussels during which its president was hardly acknowledged by a foreign minister.

A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa.