Unregulated import of used vehicles bad for Africa: Report
Trade in old and used vehicles from high-income countries causes massive environmental dumping and toxic pollution
Paris summit on clean cooking in Africa ends with $2.2 billion in global pledges
Each year, more than 600,000 people in Africa die prematurely from respiratory diseases triggered by dirty cooking practices
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management
The impact of floods has become more severe due to land degradation, human pressures & over-extraction of groundwater
Over 50 million people may be food insecure in eastern Africa, warns WFP
Sudan (17.7 million), Ethiopia (15.8 million people) and South Sudan (5.7 million) most concerning
What’s behind the worldwide shortage of cholera vaccines? For starters, they’re only made by one company
Oral cholera vaccine stockpiles ran dry at the beginning of 2024
Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus outbreak, Cameroon on alert
Urgent meeting on Marburg virus by WHO today
Swift surveillance helped Ghana end Marburg outbreak: WHO
Two people died of the disease since the beginning of the outbreak on July 17, 2022
Acute hunger more than doubled in 10 countries most affected by climate change
Countries among those that emit least; 7 in Africa
Six ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young women in Zimbabwe
15-19-year-old girls in sub-Saharan Africa highly vulnerable to new infections
Omicron in southern Africa: Mozambique is worried for its economy, especially tourism
Mozambique has reported two cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 till now
Pangolins in Cameroon are on the verge of extinction
At least 400,000 pangolins are hunted and consumed in central Africa every year
Being darker makes being a migrant much harder
Migrants from 'developed' economies enjoy more clout
African leaders demand financial systems reform; launch ‘Africa Club’ at 37th African Union Summit
African heads of state highlighted need for transformation of global financial architecture to address climate & development needs
Climate crisis: Drought causes mass elephant deaths in Zimbabwe game reserve
Drought conditions had earlier also prompted a mass-movement of elephants from Hwange into neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, food
Climate change: West Africa’s oceans at risk because of a lack of monitoring
Communities are left blind to climate effect; can't take measures to adapt themselves
Inaccessibility of agri-automation to small-scale producers can deepen inequalities: FAO
Agriculture reliant on human and animal power continues to dominate in sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change may be behind devastating floods in Rwanda, Uganda: Expert
136 die in two East African countries after torrential rain; warming climate, plastic pollution and encroachment possible reasons for floods
Nigeria floods: Expert insights into why they’re so devastating and what to do about them
Over 1.4 million people have been displaced, 500 died, thousands injured in floods in Nigeria
Africa reported 30% of global acute public health events in last 2 decades: WHO
Infections were main cause for public health emergencies in last 2 decades; Climate-led natural disasters fuelling acute public health events
Climate change, conflicts & poor hygiene accelerate global cholera outbreaks
If the current trend persists, the supply of preventive vaccination will likely continue to be limited
African vaccines: Local manufacturers are struggling to access the market — what must change
Current procurement systems for vaccines in the region does not leave much room for African companies
Nigeria becomes second country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine
After Ghana, Nigeria’s approval of malaria vaccine will help world achieve WHO goal of reducing malaria cases, deaths by 90% by 2030
Bacterial infections caused most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019: Lancet
The region saw 230 deaths per 100,000 people; Just 5 pathogens caused over half the infection deaths globally
Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan
A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021
Nigeria hasn’t been able to produce steel: Remanufacturing could be the solution
Lack of a rail line around Ajaokuta Steel plant, changes in political and operational management stymied completion