"The alleged actions are unacceptable and will be robustly investigated," says Farah Dakhlallah, World Health Organization spokesperson. This follows an investigation by New ... Read more »

Typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the capital city Kampala and the district of Kawempe, according to an African Development Bank report. Kawempe has ... Read more »

"A preventable tragedy is looming" in the Sahel region, says the top humanitarian official at the United Nations, Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock. He pointed the converging ... Read more »

Of 195 countries, more than 170 have joined a global collaboration to develop, produce and provide Covid-19 vaccines on an equitable basis around the world. The aim of #COVAX is to ... Read more »

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo that it had made the award for the WFP's "efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in Read more »

A World Bank report has confirmed that economic activity will decline by 3,3% in 2020. Covid-19 threatens to push up to 40 million people into extreme poverty in Africa, eroding ... Read more »

Creation of the interim government and the naming of 25 ministers in Mali represent "yet another step in the road back to constitutional order", U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel J. ... Read more »

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has led tributes to six French aid workers killed by suspected jihadists in Niger. The ceremony was held at Paris's Orly airport in front of the ... Read more »

Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers (GOTG) has donated medical equipment to Dordrecht Hospital in the Eastern Cape to help medical staff treat Covid-19 patients. This ... Read more »

According to the International Rescue Committee, lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, with the total number ... Read more »