Uganda declares itself free of Ebola fever
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Uganda said on Wednesday it had eradicated an outbreak of Ebola that infected 149 people, of whom 37 died, mostly in a remote western district.
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The Philippine Palace officials on Monday declared that there is no outbreak of meningococcemia, saying the reported cases of the disease have been contained.
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Sudan on Thursday dismissed British  Prime Minister Tony Blair's threats of sanctions and a "no-fly  zone" over Darfur, and said it welcomed the visit of a U.N.  mission as long as it reflected reality.
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The spread of polio to Guinea and Mali brings to 12 the number of previously polio-free African countries that have experienced an outbreak.
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The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)has suspended tourism activities on the Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park after an outbreak of anthrax, local press reported on Thursday.
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Ugandan MPs approve the deployment of peacekeepers to Somalia as part of an African Union force.
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Villagers don't kiss anymore in a corner of Democratic Republic of Congo hit by the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus.
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Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian capital Tuesday after the EU struck a multi-million-dollar financial and trade deal with Tripoli.
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Test results today showed foot and mouth disease was present in livestock when the UK was declared disease free earlier this month.
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The United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed a study done in Zambia on a cheap, common antibiotic that greatly reduces the death rate among children with the AIDS virus as &quot;a major breakthrough.&quot;
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Rwanda Tuesday dismissed a United Nations report accusing it of violating an arms embargo in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which it has twice invaded in the past decade.
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Polio eradication efforts get back on track in African nation after hostility to treatment reignited disease.
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The Ugandan government has announced a truce with Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the north which could mark the end of the 18-year conflict there.
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Uganda&#39;s government declared a temporary truce on Sunday to allow rebels in the north of the country to meet to discuss plans for talks to end an 18-year civil war that has forced 1.6 million people from their homes.
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Rwanda and Burundi join the East African Community, freeing them from customs tariffs within the region.
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The government on Saturday relaxed transport restrictions put in place after the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth disease.
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The families of Libyan children infected with the AIDS virus have dropped demands for the death penalty in the case of six foreign medics on death row in the case, a spokesman said Tuesday.