South African photographer Shem Compion has spent more than 20 years documenting the extreme geography and diverse inhabitants of the Great Rift Valley.

In its advisory, the weather department also warned of very cold night temperatures in the Central Kenya and some parts of ...

The following script is from "The Children's Village," which aired on May 1, 2016, and was rebroadcast on July 31, 2016. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, producer.

To curb the spread, more than 40,000 animals have been vaccinated around outbreak hotspots, an essential step in protecting pastoral livelihoods and reducing transmission.

"TRACE" is the name of a new platform in partnership for research and training (dP) launched in Nairobi on 14 November. The ...

"Please, just come to Karatu." That's what India Howell, co-founder of the Rift Valley Children's Village in rural Tanzania, a home for abandoned and needy children, told Dr. Frank Artress and his ...

Since September, Senegal has been facing an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes or ...

A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. The tear, which continues to grow, caused part of the Nairobi-Narok highway to collapse and was ...

Hoping to prevent another epidemic, scientists are working on Rift Valley fever. The Zika virus epidemic of 2015 resulted in thousands of Brazilian babies being born with severe brain defects after ...

The Zika virus must take the “side roads” into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said — but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the “expressway.” By Emily Baumgaertner The mosquito-borne ...