New track under African Union Media Fellowship aims to promote evidence-based storytelling and health security reporting ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | 23 July 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continental public health agency of the African Union, has launched a health journalism fellowship aimed at empowering African journalists to…
This year, the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust has recognised not one, but two exceptional scientists in their fields, and is granting each of them its most prestigious honours: the R2.5m Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award. Supplied image: Wits University physicist Professor Andrew Forbes (left) and University of Cape Town paediatric neurosurgeon Professor Anthony Figaji (right), presented with…
Nairobi — The African Union (AU) has launched a Fellowship Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation as part of ongoing arms control efforts across the continent. AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Amb Bankole Adeoye, launched the initiative on behalf of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The event, held on…
Nigeria Health Watch is pleased to announce the selection of 10 fellows for the Solutions Journalism West Africa Fellowship, a four-month programme designed to strengthen the practice of solutions-oriented health reporting in West Africa. Selected from a pool of over 100 submissions from 10 countries, the fellows bring diverse expertise in news writing, radio production,…
