April 20, 2023
Sudan: 'Worst Place To Be Is On the Road' - WHO Speaks on Emergency Civilian Aid in Sudan
The outbreak of conflict between the commanders of the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan prompted an emergency response by the World Health… Read more »
April 11, 2023
South Africa: Putin May Join South Africa's BRICS Summit Virtually
The South African government has elected to consider allowing Vladimir Putin's remote attendance to the 2023 BRICS summit ion an effort to navigate the bureaucratic headache that… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Africa: World Health Organization at 75 – Science, Solutions and Solidarity
WHO Director-General Sees the United Nations Health Agency as Central to Protect Future Health Read more »
April 03, 2023
South Africa: Ruling ANC Party 'Working Visit' to Russia Sparks Concern in Wake of Putin Arrest Order
A delegation of African National Congress (ANC) members and National Executive Council member Alvin Botes, who is also deputy minister of International relations and cooperation,… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Africa: Who Needs A Seat at the Climate Crisis Table? #AfricaClimateHope
Africa is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, with the most vulnerable populations being hit the hardest, resulting in food insecurity, displacement of populations,… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Niger: Land Restoration, Market Gardening Make a Difference for Niger Farmers
In the bustling village of Satara, Niger, Haruna Badjie was once just another farmer struggling to make a living in the face of environmental and ecological crises. Read more »
March 24, 2023
Mozambique: Two Years After Palma Attack, MSF Offers Glimmer of Hope for Cabo Delgado
In March 2021, rebels carried out an assault on the town of Palma in northern Mozambique that left scores of people dead, drove thousands from their homes, and postponed a… Read more »
March 23, 2023
South Sudan: How Digitalization Can Advance Equality and Peace For Women, Girls in Post-Conflict South Sudan
South Sudan, as the world's youngest country, faces many challenges and uncertainty in achieving peace. Shortly after gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, a civil war… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Africa: Unicef Sounds Alarm Over Children's Plight in War-Torn Sahel Region
Africans are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Food insecurity, resulting from flooding and drought, along with conflict, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more »
March 15, 2023
South Africa: UN Experts Urge Govt to Comply With Torture Prevention Measures
United Nations torture prevention experts have called on South Africa to speed up the establishment of a national torture prevention watchdog to regularly examine prisons,… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Africa: South African Engineering Scholar Takes United Nations University's Helm
Renowned South African engineering scholar and artificial intelligence expert Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala assumed office today (Wednesday) as the seventh rector of the United Nations… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Africa: Experts Call For Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative Ahead of One Forest Summit #AfricaClimateHope
Experts have called for a Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative to deploy the scientific underpinning of a forest protection plan. Attending a webinar ahead of the One Forest… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: Africa's Fight for Equal Access to Rare Disease Treatment
The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE) is the result of a long-standing partnership between His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Africa: Congolese Dr Jean Kaseya Takes Over Leadership of Africa CDC
Democratic Republic of Congo's Dr Jean Kaseya has been selected by the African Union as the next director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention… Read more »
February 15, 2023
Mauritius: Rights Group Accuses UK, U.S. of 'Crimes Against Humanity' Over Chagos Islands
A human rights group has accused the British government of lying, and the British and American governments of committing "crimes against humanity" in the process of establishing a… Read more »
February 14, 2023
Africa: More and More Cholera Outbreaks Due to Climate Crisis, Conflict on Continent
Eighteen countries are reporting cholera outbreaks, and 10 of those are in Africa. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 26 000 cases and 660 deaths… Read more »
February 08, 2023
South Sudan: Remembering Roger Winter
The news of the passing of Roger Winter came to me as a shock wave. Yes, he had been ill and bedridden for a rather long time. The end might therefore be a relief for him. It is… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Southern Africa: Swiss Head of State to Visit War-torn Cabo Delgado In Mozambique
Swiss President Alain Berset will visit the troubled Cabo Delgado province this week during a trip to Mozambique and Botswana. Read more »
February 02, 2023
Africa: Taking a Toll - Lessons from Nairobi's Expressway
A trip to Kenya's capital Nairobi is often associated with unproductive time spent in the city's tortuous traffic. It is to be expected in a city with over 5 million inhabitants,… Read more »
January 10, 2023
South Africa: Taps Dry Up in Nelson Mandela Bay - South African News Briefs - January 10, 2023
Drought-Struck Mandela Bay Sees Taps Run Dry Read more »
January 02, 2023
East Africa: Stop Supporting DR Congo's M23 Rebels, Europe Tells Rwanda
The European Union (EU) has called on all states in the Great Lakes region to stop support from flowing to armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but has singled out… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: IMF's New Resilience, Sustainability Trust to 'Turn the Needle' on Climate, Pandemic Crises?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning that the frequency and magnitude of disasters like global warming is driving other, less visible, and disruptive crises in the… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Did the 'Africa COP' Live Up to Expectations?
It's fair to say that COP27 didn't live up to its billing. A lot of issues were swept under the carpet during my two weeks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. However, the… Read more »
Uganda: First Batch of Ebola Vaccines Arrives in Uganda For Clinical Trials
Uganda has received a shipment of 1,200 Ebola vaccine doses from the World Health Organization today, writes Elias Biryambarema for Reuters. Three vaccine options - one from the… Read more »
Africa: Africa Continues to Shoulder Heaviest Malaria Burden - WHO Report
Each year, the World Health Organization, WHO's World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination… Read more »