Health Care

U.N. aid agencies say residents of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are fleeing the city in fear of further volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo.Barely one week has passed since thousands of people in eastern Congo fled to neighbori...

MEC Madoda Sambatha commits the department budget to health infrastructure development across the provinceThe North West Department of Health MEC Madoda Sambatha has committed to health infrastructure improvement and maintenance during the tabling of t...

When Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over in 2018 and freed dozens of jailed members of the media as part of a raft of political reforms, journalist Dessu Dulla rushed home from the Netherlands. The 45-year-old, now a deputy editor at a local...

At least 18 people were killed and dozens more were injured this week in two days of intercommunal clashes in South Sudan’s Warrap state, according to local authorities.Gogrial East County Commissioner Ayom Bul said armed men from Unity state crossed i...

In NumbersUS$ 5.0 million six-month (May – October 2021) net funding requirementsOperational UpdatesZambezi Farmers’ Market Day WFPNamibia held its 2021 first quarterly performance review in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region from 26-28 April 2021. The main...

Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead.The boat with more than 160 passengers, including many children and women, sank after hitting an ...

Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, where vaccinations have not yet begun, Muslims hoping to go to Mecca are urging authorities to start jabbing.Omar Aboubakar,...

Zimbabwe has been facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine for more than a week, despite a government push to inoculate at least 60 percent of the country's estimated 14 million by year's end.That shortage means Wilkins Hospital — the country's main vacci...