Africa: WHO Updates Mpox Situation - Angola Reports First Case

Different parts of Africa are experiencing mpox outbreaks with multiple virus variants (clades), according to the latest WHO Situation Report: Read more »

Africa: 'We Are Still Losing People To Mpox'

Africa continues to experience an increase in Mpox cases with hundreds of new infections confirmed in the past week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control warned in its latest… Read more »

Africa: Biden's Angola Trip 'Recognises How U.S. Prosperity is Tied to African Partners'

President Joe Biden's visit to Angola is intended to amplify how U.S. leadership impacted trade, investment, and Infrastructure in the region, and highlight the "remarkable… Read more »

Angola: Mitrelli and Angola Inaugurate Third Hospital in just one Year

This week, the Swiss company Mitrelli celebrated another milestone in the West African country of Angola, inaugurating its third state of the art hospital in the space of a… Read more »

Africa: For the First Time, the Elimination of a Cancer is Within Our Reach

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer and another 660,000 are diagnosed. As a consequence, children are orphaned, families impoverished, and communities… Read more »

West Africa: The Role of Local Media in Sahel Conflict Reporting

allAfrica 's  Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - the largest gathering of African investigative journalists on the… Read more »

Africa: African Speakers Connect in Kazakhstan at Future Conference

African speakers featured prominently at the recent How to Form a Synchronized Vision of the Future conference in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana in the heart of Central Asia to… Read more »

Africa: Rwanda Gets a Grip Of Marburg, But Mpox 'Not Yet Under Control'

The Rwanda Minister of State responsible for Health, Dr. Yvan Butera, cautioned that while the country is beginning to see positive signals in its fight against the Marburg virus,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Former President Kabila Wants to Block Revision of Constitution

Joseph Kabila, former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is launching a "call to mobilize the Congolese people" to ensure the failure of incumbent President… Read more »

Africa: Kamala Harris Should Pursue Africa Priorities if She Becomes President

The White House announcement on October 16 that President Biden's postponed trip to Angola has been rescheduled for December, fulfilling a promise that he would visit Africa before… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: President Félix Tshisekedi Announces Process for New Constitution

President Félix Tshisekedi announced that a commission would draft the DR Congo's new Constitution next year, reports RFI, as the current one is "not good" and "written in a… Read more »

Africa: No Trade Ban Needed Over Marburg, WHO's Tedros Says

Rwanda has had 62 cases and 15 deaths from its Marburg outbreak since its declaration three weeks ago, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said during a media… Read more »

Africa: Rwanda Struggles To Halt Spread Of Marburg Virus

Rwandan health authorities are struggling to contain the outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, which has claimed the lives of about a dozen people. Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana… Read more »

Africa: Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency

Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared Mpox a public health emergency today. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Sudan Conflict Claims 19,000 Lives, But DRC Worst Humanitarian Crisis - UN

Fifteen months of conflict in Sudan has claimed 19,000 lives and left 33,000 injured, severely constraining health access, but the Democratic Republic of Congo has the most people… Read more »

Rwanda: UN Leaders Warn of Harm from UK-Rwanda Asylum Law

The heads of two UN agencies have again rung the alarm on the harmful impact the passage of the "Safety of Rwanda" Bill by the UK Parliament will have on global… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Refugee Agency Sounds New Alarms for Eastern DRC

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is ringing new alarm bells due to ongoing violence in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaching a “devastating… Read more »

Africa: DR Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia Join Global Push to Stop Most Preventable Cancer

Every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer, despite the existence of effective tools, like vaccinating against the major cause of HPV to prevent the majority of… Read more »

Chad: Opposition Leader Masra Appointed Transitional PM of Chad

Succes Masra, a former opposition leader who just returned to Chad after exile, was named prime minister by the country's interim administration, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Angola: Angolan Billionaire's Assets Frozen in London Over Corruption Claims

Angolan billionaire and former president's daughter Isabel dos Santos lost a London court battle to prevent the freezing of £580 million ($734 million) of her assets,… Read more »

Rwanda: France Jails Former Rwandan Doctor 24 Years For Genocide

A former Rwandan doctor, Sosthene Munyemana, 68, has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide, according to a BBC report. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Lengthy Delays as Voting Begins Amid Insecurity Fears

About 44 million people have the opportunity to select the next president of the Democratic Republic of Congo from a pool of 19 candidates, reports BBC News. Read more »

Chad: Chad Holds Divisive Post-Coup Constitutional Referendum to End Military Rule

Chadians began voting on a new constitution in preparation for the 2024 elections, which attempts to heal political and social rifts in the oil-producing, fractured and poor… Read more »

Kenya: Diplomatic Row Brewing as Kenya Distances Self from DR Congo Militants' Alliance

Kenya has distanced itself  has distanced itself from Congolese opposition figure Corneille Nanga, who formed an alliance with militants in Nairobi, leading to a diplomatic… Read more »

Rwanda: UK Parliament Votes in Favour of Deportation of Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's urgent proposal to restart sending asylum seekers to Rwanda passed in parliament, overcoming a rebellion by many of his own MPs, revealing deep… Read more »