An Islamic teacher in Somalia has rubbished a story published by Uganda's top newspaper New Vision claiming that he is the lost son of dictator Idi Amin Dada by a Somali woman. Read more »
AllAfrica speaks to a senior researcher for Community Based Sociotherapy in Rwanda, Dr Chantal Ingabire. Ingabire has done extensive and diverse health research and currently work ... Read more »
Legal guarantees have not been enough to bring down the prevalence of female genital mutilation - rather it has been increasing and Guinea and other African countries, writes Dr. ... Read more »
The government has said that at least 18 people have died of yellow fever in Katsina State, instead of 115 in earlier reports. Kabir Mustapha, who is with the state's health ... Read more »
Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995 - a two-year-old boy paralyzed by a strain of the virus derived from the vaccine. In rare cases, the live virus in the ... Read more »
Health ministers and senior immigration officials from DR Congo and neighbouring countries Uganda, Burundi and Zambia, among others, have resolved that there is a need for the ... Read more »
The Human Papillomavirus vaccine that targets approximately 800,000, 10-year-old girls will be administered in two doses six months apart free of charge across the country. The ... Read more »
The two-day health dialogue, now in its second year, grew from the need for home-grown solutions, innovations and political commitments to bridge funding gaps in achieving ... Read more »
At least 61% of students attending public schools have been turned away from classes for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away, the Zimbabwe ... Read more »
Teachers and doctors, who make up the bulk of Zimbabwe's public service, have rejected the government's wage offer, with medical personnel threatening to strike if their demand to ... Read more »
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