The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday imposed new travel restrictions and enhanced screening measures for travelers from parts of Central and East Africa as health officials race to contain a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Starlink, a unit of SpaceX, has been rapidly expanding across Africa and is already operating in more than a dozen countries on the continent, including Somalia.

Uganda's President and leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Yoweri Museveni, holds up the Bible as he is sworn in after being declar

Uganda’s outgoing Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among, is facing heightened scrutiny amid investigations into alleged corruption and money laundering, with security agencies reportedly seizing her recently acquired luxury Rolls-Royce Cullinan.

"UNICEF is deeply concerned by confirmed Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, and the growing risk to children and vulnerable communities across the region - a situation the World Health Organization has now declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Congo's health minister has announced the opening of three treatment centers for Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri region.