UK-The Independent-Africa Headlines

UK-The Independent-Africa

Ebola making pregnant women avoid hospital sparking fears of spike in maternal deaths

Fri Jun 19, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

How the US is still channeling billions of dollars into climate projects despite Trump

Thu Jun 18, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Trial shows plastic sheet could save thousands bleeding to death during childbirth: 'Beyond our wildest dreams'

Wed Jun 17, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Ministers accused of 'words over action' on protecting women and girls

Tue Jun 16, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Children among nine killed as train and bus crash in Zimbabwe

Tue Jun 16, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising

Tue Jun 16, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

50 million Africans connected to power in 'unprecedented' partnership between aid agencies

Tue Jun 16, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Ebola crisis deepens in Congo as angry locals drive health workers away from displacement camps

Sun Jun 14, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

What is behind the recent spate of mass shootings across South Africa?

Sat Jun 13, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

The struggles of the city at the centre of the Ebola crisis: 'Cases are rising super fast'

Sat Jun 13, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

HIV response facing 'biggest storm ever seen', new UN report into global aid cuts warns

Fri Jun 12, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Children living with HIV 'not getting treatment needed' as aid cuts hit services

Thu Jun 11, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

The pain of DRC's past echoes into this new Ebola outbreak

Thu Jun 11, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Two babies from Congo orphanage die of Ebola as outbreak death toll climbs

Wed Jun 10, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

'Troubling' Trump health deals with Africa jeopardise human rights, report says

Wed Jun 10, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

UK 'missing in action' as Iran war hits farmers around the world

Wed Jun 10, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Manhunt underway after 12 killed in mass shooting in Johannesburg

Wed Jun 10, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Somali World Cup ref held for 11 hours by Trump's border police receives hero's welcome at home and vows to return

Wed Jun 10, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Trump team already blaming Europe over fears that Ebola could come to US via World Cup fans

Tue Jun 9, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Sudan war victims seek justice in Kenya over claims of torture and sexual violence

Tue Jun 9, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Protester shot in the head as anger explodes over US plan to build Ebola facility for Americans in Kenya

Tue Jun 9, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Ebola death toll soars to 100 less than a month after outbreak declared

Tue Jun 9, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak

Mon Jun 8, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Screenings for Independent's new film documenting the kidnap and torture of LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria

Mon Jun 8, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Aid cuts are making tablets needed to help fight stillbirths and mothers dying harder to buy

Sun Jun 7, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola outbreak fears

Sat Jun 6, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

A mother risked everything to bring her twins into the world. Her story should shock us all

Sat Jun 6, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

The women forced to risk death so their babies can live and the fight to help them

Sat Jun 6, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

At least 49 die of thirst after truck breaks down in Sahara Desert

Fri Jun 5, 2026 5:27 PM EDT

Visa problems shut poorest countries out of crucial UN climate talks in Bonn

Fri Jun 5, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Nigerian court hands down death penalty to four men over church attack that killed 50 worshippers

Thu Jun 4, 2026 01:27 AM EDT

Government does not rule out further aid cuts in letter to parliamentary committee

Wed Jun 3, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Inside the fight against the global $6 trillion lead poisoning problem

Wed Jun 3, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Students accused in Kenya school fire that killed 16 appear in court as parents await DNA results

Tue Jun 2, 2026 5:27 PM EDT

Ebola crisis shows that aid cuts have been 'counterproductive,' UK development minister admits

Tue Jun 2, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

An applicant to Trump's South Africa refugee plan is a right-wing politician who admits he's never faced persecution

Tue Jun 2, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Deadly violence erupts in Kenya as Trump admin orders Ebola quarantine for Americans

Tue Jun 2, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Survivors tell what it's like to battle Ebola: 'Coming out alive is an indescribable joy'

Mon Jun 1, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

2025 costliest year on record for wildfires, study finds

Mon Jun 1, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

Eight students arrested after fire at girls school killed 16 children in Kenya

Fri May 29, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Urgent aid rushed to Congo amid Ebola outbreak as health workers battle community distrust

Fri May 29, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

UK's 21m for Ebola crisis currently just 5% of total sent during last massive outbreak

Thu May 28, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

WHO chief calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Democratic Republic of Congo as number of suspected Ebola cases nears 1,000

Thu May 28, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

At least 16 pupils dead in fire at Kenya girls' boarding school

Thu May 28, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Uganda closes its border with Congo as deadly Ebola cases surge

Thu May 28, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

Economic self-interest to drive France's foreign aid, minister says

Thu May 28, 2026 05:27 AM EDT

An Al-Qaida-linked blockade is fueling a sheep shortage in Mali threatening Eid celebrations

Wed May 27, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

First Ghanaians repatriated from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests

Wed May 27, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

Blair warns aid cuts mean UK is no longer 'major player in soft power' around world

Wed May 27, 2026 09:27 AM EDT

1 in 3 people at centre of deadly Ebola outbreak don't believe it is real: 'A satanic disease'

Tue May 26, 2026 1:27 PM EDT

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