Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The test detects the virus by identifying its genetic material in blood samples, helping confirm infection rapidly and accurately. WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety and performance of essential health products…
Innovation underpins the World Food Programme’s work in tackling hunger. Here we look at five innovations making a real difference on the ground. From artificial intelligence to digital registration and blockchain, the World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling practical innovations to help us reach more people, more efficiently. As humanitarian needs continue to outpace resources,…
The fishing sector has for generations been dominated by men with women being pushed to household chores. Overall, women in the fishing sector make up over half of the workforce but their roles are limited to processing, small-scale fishing and net-mending and marketing of fisheries. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates that globally…
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, has called on the African Union to place xenophobic attacks against Africans, particularly Nigerians in South Africa, high on its peace and security agenda, insisting that no African should feel unsafe anywhere on the continent. In a press statement on Wednesday signed by the ministry’s…
The World Bank has abandoned its target of directing 45 percent of its financing to projects that help tackle climate change, prompting warnings that poorer countries – especially in Africa – could receive less support to adapt to a warming world. The bank’s five-year Climate Change Action Plan expired on Tuesday. Last year it put…
Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1bn in Africa, it said on Wednesday, 2 July, as it made public initiatives on infrastructure and development of AI to accelerate the continent’s digital growth. File photo: A Google Cloud logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, 22 April 2024….
Uganda is set to receive the first batch of 265 Ugandan nationals being voluntarily repatriated from South Africa, marking the start of a coordinated exercise to facilitate the return of citizens who wish to come home. The group is scheduled to arrive at Entebbe International Airport at 6:30pm on Thursday aboard a special Uganda Airlines…
Greater diagnostic testing for cryptococcal meningitis could help avert 135,000 deaths a year in Africa, writes Edith Magak. [LILONGWE, Malawi] A persistent headache nearly killed Elube. It took Patricia’s sight. Both women had cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection that mostly affects people with HIV and kills around 135,000 people each year in Sub-Saharan Africa. Effective…
Sudan’s Paramilitary Forces Accused of Crimes Against Humanity Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and possible genocide. Sudan’s brutal civil war between the army and the RSF, which began in 2023, has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Amnesty interviewed 247 victims or witnesses between…
Kinshasa, DRC — President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday undertake a high-level African Union (AU) solidarity visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reaffirming Africa’s collective commitment to containing the ongoing Ebola outbreak and strengthening the continent’s preparedness for future public health emergencies. President Ramaphosa will visit Kinshasa in his capacity as the African…
