VIDEO: Medical bike couriers battle HIV

The recent government rackdown on herbalists has re-ignited the long-standing controversy in the relationship between medical professionals and the local healers.

While repairing bicycles in Tanzania, Bernard Kiwia discovered his passion for new inventions.

A South African mountain biker captured the moment he was held at gunpoint by thieves who made off with his bike and other valuables.

Video has emerged showing students fleeing a Kenyan university as security forces battled al-Shabab militants during a siege in which 147 people died.

Calling all Medical and Dental professionals and non-medical compassionate people!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to practice medicine in a remote village in a third world country where you would rely on your skills, observation and your gut instinct?  Join us as we travel to Tanzania, Africa, to provide medical assistance in a humanitarian effort in May 18-28, 2015.   Teri Priebe and Becky Van Renan will escort this important mission.  The approximate all-inclusive land price...

Creating a snake anti-venom for sub-Saharan Africa

Nearly two months after Liberia was declared Ebola-free, five new cases have raised questions about the programme to eradicate the disease. The BBC's Anne Soy reports from the medical facility where they are being treated.

International forces in Somalia are battling al-Shabab Islamist insurgents who control more land than any other al-Qaeda affiliate organisation across the world.

A record number of rhinos were slaughtered for their horns in South Africa last year, and fears are growing for the survival of the species in the wild.