African countries have been urged to utilize the mineral resources in their country to fast track  socio-economic development. The president, Organization of African Geological Surveys, OAGS, […]

Africa faces a substantial increase in illegal drug use, fuelled by organised crime and ineffective policy. In the next 30 years, sub-Saharan Africa will see the […]

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the […]

“Spikes of violence” in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new displacement, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on […]

Tunisia’s electoral body has announced 26 candidates out of 96 who are eligible for the September 15 presidential election. Thus 70 candidates were disqualified from contesting […]

Since the Ebola epidemic struck in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) one year ago, almost 600 of around 850 children who […]

The burial of Professor Gboyega Adebola Ogunbanjo has been announced,he died on the 17th of August 2019 in South Africa. Professor Ogunbanjo was a member of […]

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria says it welcomes two new forthcoming reports on the opportunity the world has to achieve in the eradication of malaria, […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) through its Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have deepened their ties […]

Displaced by DR Congo violence, survivors’ testimonies highlight brutality of armed militia Two months since hundreds of thousands of people fled violence in north-eastern Democratic Republic […]

A Pastor in Binga District in Zimbabwe who was deployed after completing Bible school is on the run after he allegedly impregnated a 19-year-old teen adopted […]

At least 19 people were killed and 30 others injured in an explosion outside Egypt’s National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said early […]

“Breastfeeding is a good foundation for Development”- Developing-8 Health and Social Protection Program” As the World commemorates 2019 Breastfeeding Week in August 1-7 the Developing-8 countries […]

South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka has made a passionate appeal for the protection of children. The singer’s plea was to mark the 30th anniversary of […]

Shops owned by Nigerians were locked up by Ghanaian traders at the popular electronic market in the central business district of Accra yesterday. The angry traders […]

Zimbabwe hiked fuel prices on Monday for the second time in a week but most pumps remained dry, with no end in sight to shortages that […]

A communiqué adopted at the High-Level Pan African Summit on HIV and Health Financing has called for parliamentarians to ensure the right to health for all […]

Kenya’s finance minister, Henry Rotch, will be arrested and charged over alleged corruption related to the construction of two dams, the chief prosecutor said on Monday. […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched the Regional Stabilization Facility for Lake Chad, an ambitious multi-million dollar fund to scale up the range of […]

The Congolese health ministry has confirmed the country’s first Ebola case in the eastern city of Goma, raising concerns the disease could spread across the border […]