The World Health Organization warns that the growing threat of resistance to HIV drugs could undermine global progress in treating the virus
Category - Africa
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Moroccan capital of Rabat to protest against corruption and abuses of power.
The U.S. military and Somalia President Farmajo announced that the US carried out a joint strike against al-Shabaab, killing 8 militants
Congo authorises use of unlicensed Ebola vaccine as lab tests confirm case numbers lower than feared
Democratic Republic of the Congo's health ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine as WHO says lab test show case numbers lower than feared
In Yemen, 115 people died of cholera since April 27. ICRC operations director Dominik Stillhart warned "the humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic"
Two new suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo bring the total number of suspected infections to 21, the WHO said
At least four people were killed after an al-Shabaab car bomb exploded near a café in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
82 girls from Chibok in Nigeria who were kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram were freed, a spokesperson for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said
WHO said 12 people have died in Liberia from an unexplained illness since April 25. Samples analysed have tested negative for Ebola and Lassa fever.
One US special operations service member was killed in a operation against Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabaab in Somalia, the US military's Africa Command said