First Patient Enrolled in DR Congo Ebola Drug Trial A clinical trial of two potential treatments for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The first patient has been enrolled in the DR Congo, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The trial comes…
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…
[allAfrica] Senegal Trims Presidential Powers in Controversial Vote
South African Ramaphosa Warns Against Violence Ahead of Anti-Migrant Protest Deadline President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged people taking part in anti-migrant protests to demonstrate peacefully. He warned that intimidation, threats and violence will not be tolerated ahead of the unofficial deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa. Ramaphosa acknowledged the need for immigration reform, saying…
Uganda Media Outlets Shut By Military Uganda’s leading independent media group, Nation Media Group, has said that its outlets are under “military siege” after armed soldiers shut down the Daily Monitor, NTV Uganda, and Spark TV on orders from army chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. In a series of posts on X, Kainerugaba, the son…
Key Figure in South African Police Graft Scandal Pleads Guilty Businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud and money-laundering charges in a deal with state prosecutors. He was accused of bribing top police officials to win a R360 million tender for his health company, Medicare24, in 2024. If the agreement is approved…
Kenyan Prosecutors to Charge Eight Students Over Deadly School Fire Kenyan prosecutors are preparing to charge eight students with 16 counts of murder following a deadly fire at Utumishi Girls’ School in Gilgil. Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory….
United Nations — Remarks by Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), at a High-level Meeting in the General Assembly Hall, 22 June 2026 I am honoured to address this High-Level Meeting. I thank very much the President of the General Assembly for her leadership, our Co-Facilitators, and all the…
U.S. Cut to South Africa HIV Funding Could Cost Lives, Warns UNAIDS UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima has warned that the United States’ decision to withdraw HIV and Aids funding from South Africa could cost lives and reverse years of progress in the fight against the virus. The US, through the President’s Emergency Plan for…
South Africa to Spend R600m to Prepare for 30 June Anti-Immigration Protests Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has warned that law enforcement will act decisively against any violence, intimidation, or criminality during planned anti-immigrant protests on 30 June. Cachalia said that while peaceful protest is a constitutional right, participants must not carry weapons. The…
