The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for visas to enter the United States.

The United States and Ivory Coast have signed a health deal that would require the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African nation’s health sector.

The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are deprioritizing global health spending.

Cameroon’s top court has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president, the winner of the latest election.

A tropical wave is expected to move off of Africa by the end of the week.

A few changes have been made to the 2025 Global Citizen Festival held in New York City's Central Park on Saturday.

We have two overlapping areas of interest for tropical waves that are coming off Africa. One wave is already over open water and another is back behind it. Here's the latest.

Two systems are stirring in the Atlantic Ocean.

What’s going on, guys?! Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges back with you for another hurricane season.

Malawi is to hold a presidential election this week as the impoverished African nation grapples with an economic crisis and food and fuel shortages.

There’s some early activity brewing in the far eastern Atlantic and while there’s no immediate threat, it’s something to keep an eye on as we head into the new week.

A new tropical wave is set to move off the west coast of Africa.

Experts say a ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

A tropical wave is stirring in the far eastern Atlantic with more expected to develop in the upcoming weeks.

Burkina Faso’s parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality.

A tropical wave that recently moved off the west coast of Africa is showing early signs of organization.

What’s going on, guys?! Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges back with you for another hurricane season.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of disturbed weather off the west coast of Africa.

A new tropical wave is expected to emerge off Africa.

It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes.

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting another system emerging far out in the Atlantic.

What’s going on, guys?! Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges back with you for another hurricane season.

The National Hurricane Center has raised the chances of tropical development for a new wave that recently emerged off the coast of Africa.

The National Hurricane Center highlighted a robust tropical wave emerging off the coast of Africa.

This next tropical wave headed off Africa has a greater chance becoming our next named storm and could get a little close for comfort. Here's what you need to know as we prepare to track this across the Atlantic.

As we head into the peak of activity, the Atlantic seems to want to respond. Here's a thorough breakdown of what we're watching closely in the tropics and why we'll need to pay attention through the next seven days.

The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a tropical wave expected to move off the coast of Africa in the next day or two.

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking.

Two of the biggest touring artists right now are headlining this fall's Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park.

The National Hurricane Center has highlighted a new tropical wave in the Atlantic.

A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

While most tropical activity ramps up throughout the summer, it is not uncommon to start spotting tropical waves this time of the year.

According to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Disneyland Abu Dhabi will be authentically Disney and distinctly Emirati. Not only will it be the company’s first theme park in the Middle East but also a waterfront park.

Afrobeats megastar Davido is readying his new album.

A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red across the Western Hemisphere.

Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.

Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of Rwanda-backed rebels in mineral-rich eastern Congo is threatening peace in the wider region.

France has handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities.

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country.

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

President Joe Biden’s long-delayed trip to Africa was overshadowed by his controversial pardon of his son Hunter.

The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children.

Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon.

Residents in northeastern Nigeria say at least 100 villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes.

The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months.

We are currently monitoring two tropical waves over the central Atlantic.

The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission.

The young people who make up more than half of Algeria's population are so disenchanted that they may not vote in next month's presidential election.

Long-range Euro models hint that we might see some potential tropical development in early August. Here's what you need to know.

The National Hurricane Center reports no tropical cyclone formations are likely in the next week, but there is an impressive tropical wave emerging off the coast of Africa.

Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the country, part of efforts to resolve issues causing a rift between an oil refinery owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and the industry regulator.

Health workers in Ivory Coast have begun giving children the latest malaria vaccine.

The dust will lead to colorful sunsets and slightly hazy skies, with its effects expected to be relatively mild.

After a brief lull in the action, the National Hurricane Center has highlighted a new tropical wave for possible tropical development.

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy.

Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people.

More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion.

Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unraveled a key global trade route, forcing vessels into longer and more costly journeys around Africa.

The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have rerouted trade away from a crucial corridor for consumer goods and energy supplies.

Government health advisers say gay and bisexual men at high risk for mpox infection should get vaccinated for the virus even after the current outbreak ends.

Tropical Storm Sean formed Wednesday in the Atlantic, as another area was highlighted by forecasters off the coast of Africa.

Gulf of Mexico blob to bring high rain and storm chances to Florida

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Morocco, one month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people in the North African country.

Even with El Niño, a typical limiting factor in tropical development, the 2023 hurricane season has been a busy one.

The science of human evolution has made big leaps in recent years, and it’s painting a new picture of our origins.

Some employees in government offices in Nigeria walked off their jobs in protest of the growing cost of living due to the removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met.

The European Union is growing increasingly concerned about “domino effects” as yet another military coup rocks Africa.

The Kremlin's spokesperson says “deliberate wrongdoing” is among the possible causes of the plane crash that killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last week.

A new tropical wave off the coast of Africa has been highlighted by the National Hurricane Center.

The Atlantic remains unfavorable for development.

A robust tropical wave emerges from Africa.

British lawmakers say the U.K. has underestimated the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization.

The National Hurricane Center has now highlighted three disturbances for possible tropical development.

Nigeria is trying to make Africa’s largest economy reliant on its own wheat production.

Ukraine said its forces shot down Russian drones and cruise missiles targeting the Black Sea port of Odesa in what Moscow called “retribution” for an attack that damaged a crucial bridge to the Crimean Peninsula.

Record ocean heat has invaded Florida with a vengeance.

A tropical wave off the coast of Africa could become a tropical depression next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave forecast to move off Africa’s coast.

Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat brought to India from Africa last year died in the past week in central India’s Kuno National Park.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has opened Africa’s biggest oil refinery, with hopes it will help the country achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of refined petroleum products.

The official start of hurricane season is nearing.

The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency.

Tiffani Gay is only 16 years old, but she is one to watch.

The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to continue to rise.

An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in Malawi and Mozambique since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is.

Nigeria’s top election official has dismissed concerns that the country’s cash shortage could affect Saturday’s presidential vote.

France’s defense minister has denounced the way he says French soldiers deployed in Africa appear to be depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as “false and misleading.”.

The International Energy Agency says Asia will for the first time use half of the world’s electricity by 2025.

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago.

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive what was once one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

Research in Africa has found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months.

Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, he issued what was widely hailed as a landmark executive order calling for the U.S. government to address the impact of climate change on migration.

From incrementally rising temperatures and seas to an influx of natural disasters, the climate right now certainly isn't the same as it was before the industrial era.

The Spanish charity Open Arms has rescued 372 people seeking to cross the central Mediterranean Sea to Europe in unseaworthy boats in three operations.

A Berlin museum opens fully to the public this week with a very modern take on the display of cultural items from around the world and the debate over demands for some of them to be returned to their homelands.

The National Hurricane Center eyes two tropical waves in the Atlantic.

Once home to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, Ethiopia is struggling as the war in its Tigray region has reignited and weary citizens far from the front are pleading for peace.

With Earl now post-tropical in the North Atlantic, the Atlantic Basin remains quiet.