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Skateboarding in South Africa may be historically overshadowed by surfing, especially in a town like Durban, also known as "Surf City." But for Dave De Witt, it was no contest.

Somalia has opened the country’s first public oxygen plant as the Horn of Africa nation with one of the world’s weakest health systems combats COVID-19.

In what it called a "historic" move, the World Health Organization said Wednesday it has recommended widespread use of the world's first and only malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where there are moderate to high...

In a landmark announcement today, the World Health Organization has recommended the use of the first-ever malaria vaccine. RTS,S, also known as Mosquirix. Specifically, the WHO says it should be deployed for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other...

In a landmark announcement today, the World Health Organization has recommended the use of the first-ever malaria vaccine. RTS,S, also known as Mosquirix. Specifically, the WHO says it should be deployed for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other...

In a landmark announcement today, the World Health Organization has recommended the use of the first-ever malaria vaccine. RTS,S, also known as Mosquirix. Specifically, the WHO says it should be deployed for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other...

In a landmark announcement today, the World Health Organization has recommended the use of the first-ever malaria vaccine. RTS,S, also known as Mosquirix. Specifically, the WHO says it should be deployed for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other...

Distributing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in some countries while inoculations across Africa lag is "immoral," according to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Two of Africa's Covid experts are clearing out their desks and counting the hours as they prepare to take up new roles offered to them overseas.

Big cats cause big trouble. A suburb near Detroit was on high alert last week when a large cat being kept as a pet escaped from its owner. Fortunately, the animal was rescued without any injuries being reported. The cat, a large caracal from Africa,...

A new report finds climate change could have dire impacts for Africa if mitigation efforts aren't put in place. The continent only generates 4% of global greenhouse gasses, but its people, economy and even its glaciers will suffer greatly if climate...

To the surprise of researchers and sunfish enthusiasts worldwide, a more than 4,000-pound sunfish was found tangled in the nets of a tuna-fishing boat off the coast of Ceuta, an autonomous Spanish port city in north Africa bordering Morocco, on...

South Africa is more heavily dependent on coal than perhaps any other country. But for the world to combat a climate catastrophe, countries like South Africa need to move away from coal. CNN's David McKenzie and team head into the claustrophobic...

More than a dozen children gather under a canopy in Makoko, the floating slum in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial center. Aged 8 to 18, they are focused on the chess boards before them, calculating moves that will allow them to win the game.

Horrifying video captured the moment a group of skydivers in South Africa prepared to jump from a plane seconds before it stalled, went out of control and headed toward the ground.

The unidentified Dutch man had to wait three hours before he was flown by helicopter to the nearest trauma center some 220 miles away, eventually making a full recovery.

Amid calls that plant-based diets can help save the planet, farmers like Danie Slabbert in South Africa, say that what people eat is not as important as how they farm. CNN's David McKenzie has more.

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, may soon be eligible for parole, according to corrections officials.

Monaco hailed the return of Princess Charlene to the principality on Monday after she had spent most of the year in her homeland South Africa.

Growing up in an underdeveloped zone of Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Musa Motha says his surroundings weren't exactly idyllic. But he did have a dusty, make-shift soccer pitch directly across the street from his home. And for Motha,...