Ministers of Health from the WHO African Region have endorsed proposals aimed at addressing the shortage of access to, medicines and vaccines. The Roadmap for access […]

A new report by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa shows a high improvement in health in the region. The State of Health […]

Forty-seven African countries  have adopted the Regional Framework for the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Cholera Prevention and Control today (28 August) at the 68th […]

Lake Chad Basin Ministers are  to gather in Abuja this morning to adopt Regional Strategy for Stabilization, Recovery and Resilience In a statement made available to […]

Nigerian writer and activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received an Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit) degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University […]

Recognising the debilitating effects of hidden hunger, African governments and stakeholders have over the years been implementing several strategic interventions. Among the interventions are food fortification, […]

Zimbabwean police are searching for nine senior officials of the opposition MDC Alliance following disputed elections, media reports say. They are wanted for allegedly inciting their […]

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha  Buhari has called on stakeholders to engage more women in their effort to prevent the spread of cancer disease and […]

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to attend a High-Level Regional Seminar on Cancer, slated for 1st and 2nd […]

Voters in Zimbabwe are going to the polls in the country’s first election without the involvement of long-time leader Robert Mugabe. The country’s founding leader, Mr […]

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in partnership with the Central African Republic (CAR) Ministry of Health, aimed to vaccinate more […]

18 July 2018 marks Nelson Mandela’s 100th year. Why is he still so revered across the world yet a controversial figure in his home country of […]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday night made the audience at Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Afrika Shrine laugh, when he joked that ‘What happens in the shrine […]

A continent-wide campaign co-led by the African Union Commission and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, and supported by African leaders, has been launched. The campaign […]

A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng province, […]

 The 2018 Careers in Africa Employer of Choice Survey has ranked the African Development Bank the fourth best company to work with in Africa. Of 100 […]

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life. Two people died […]

A man who claims to have slaughtered more than 1,000 cats and sold the meat to the business people since 2012 has been jailed for three years. […]

A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, report says.  Bishop Philip Anyolo, of […]

The Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) has called on African Countries to implement environmental surveillance in line with existing collection schedule. The ARCC made the call […]