More than 150 killed as heavy rains pound Tanzania
The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May.
The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May.
[Capital FM] Kenya's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu, has been voted the 2024 Diplomat of the Year from Africa at the 2024 Diplomat of the Year Awards held this week on Monday in London.
[GAVI] Vientiane Capital -- In a major effort to protect children's health, the Lao PDR Ministry of Health announced a nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign today. This critical initiative coincides with World Immunization Week 2024, highlighting the importance of
A Moroccan club is awarded the win after their kit was confiscated by Algerian customs officials.
[ISS] In its quest to expand beyond North East Nigeria, JAS-ISWAP clashes aren't in the global terror group's interests.
East Africa is being pounded by unusually heavy rains linked to a combination of global weather events.
Photos of the three naked tourists have gone viral in Namibia, angering the authorities.
A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.
[allAfrica] World Immunization Week celebrates a remarkable milestone - 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This global initiative has been instrumental in saving countless lives and protecting children from devastating vaccine-preventable diseases.
[HRW] AU Should Adopt Guidelines to Protect Rights of Pregnant, Parenting Girls
Soldiers accused residents of aiding Islamist fighters before shooting at them, an investigation shows.
[VOA] Geneva -- A new analysis of the state of global hunger finds conflict, climate change, and economic shocks are driving an increasing number of people into acute hunger, jeopardizing gains made over previous years in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development
[DW] On April 25, 1974, the Carnation Revolution marked a turning point for Portugal and its colonies in Africa. Fifty years later, links between the Lusophone countries are stronger than ever -- with a few exceptions.
[UNFPA] During the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) in New York, UNFPA hosted an event that brought together global leaders, policymakers and innovators to address a pivotal challenge: Unlocking $12 trillion of economic growth through investments in
[USAID] A USAID-supported study is expanding options for HIV prevention products for women and girls in Africa, a population disproportionately affected by the virus; in sub-Saharan Africa adolescent girls and young women were more than three times as likely to acquire HIV than
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[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over that period, close to 60 years of life are lived, a new report by World Health Organization (WHO) finds.
[GAVI] A major landmark study just published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives - or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year - over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved - 101 million -
[GAVI] Brazzaville / Geneva -- An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over that period, close to 60 years of life are lived, a new report by World Health Organization (WHO)
[The Conversation Africa] Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21 vaccines.
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) kicked-off two groundbreaking projects: the Integrated Genomic Surveillance and Data Sharing Platform (IGS) and Integrated Genomic Surveillance for Outbreak Detection
[Centre 4s] The New Peace Agenda: building resilience to global challenges.