For the past 30 years the Phelophepa train has been circulating South Africa to provide free medical attention to the young and old who live in remote communities. The health train has grown from a single three-carriage operation to two 16-carriage trains. Patients struggling to see health professionnals at crowded or too-far-local clinics li...

 Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others, authorities said on Wednesday. The collapse of a major dam in the state of Borno on Tuesday caused some of the state's worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago, and prompted many residents to flee their homes. The state gov...

 The former Cameroonian prime minister took over the presidency of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday, calling on the world's divided nations to come together and act to address global challenges, from climate change to poverty, conflict and armed violence. Philemon Yang told the 193-member world body that there were doubts ab...

 Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined an action plan for Beijing's relations with Africa over the next 3 years. It covers a wide range of areas related to modernisation from trade prosperity and industrial chain cooperation, to connectivity, healthcare, rural r...

 What will the future of the Kenya-led mission in Haiti look like? The United States of America and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on Friday asking the United Nations to begin planning for a U.N. peacekeeping operation to replace the Kenya-led mission now in the Caribbean nation.The U.N.-backed mission has seen almost 400 Kenyan police ...

 The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization on Friday launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox. The joint initiative aims to strengthen and accelerate African countries' response to the virus, supporting their efforts to curb its spread, and to save and protect liv...

 Fighter jets perform white-knuckle manoeuvres in the skies above Egypt. They are performing feats of aerial acrobatics at the first International Aviation and Space Exhibition in El Alamein. The exhibition promises to showcase the latest developments in aviation and space technology, and includes a range of aircraft, spacecraft and defence sy...

 A high-ranking Chinese diplomat responsible for African relations stated on Tuesday that China and Africa will collaborate closely to protect the interests of developing nations against the rising tide of hegemonism and a cold war mindset. Liu Yuxi, China's special envoy for African affairs, announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the...

 Tunisia's electoral authority confirmed on Monday that only two candidates will compete against President Kais Saied in next month's elections. One of these candidates, businessman Ayachi Zammel, was arrested shortly after the announcement and is being investigated for allegedly falsifying signatures of registered voters. The treasurer of Zam...

 Chidimma Adetshina, who was forced to withdraw from the Miss South Africa contest amid nationality controversies, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria. The 23-year-old law student celebrated her victory on Saturday, stating that the title represents a call for unity. Adetshina, whose father is Nigerian and mother Mozambican, faced scrutiny ...

A draft version of Gabon's future constitution was handed to transitional president, Brice Oligui Nguema, in an official ceremony at Gabon's presidential palace. The handover came a year after the military ousted President Ali Bongo, whose family had ruled the country for over 50 years. A referendum on the new constitution is due to take place befo...

 The number of monkeypox (mpox) cases in Nigeria has reached 48, with the virus now detected in Abuja and 20 other states, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Despite the rising cases, no deaths have been reported. On August 27, Nigeria received 10,000 vaccine doses from the United States to aid in controlling the outb...

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held bilateral talks with his Senegalese counterpart Yassine Fall in Moscow on Thursday. Speaking during the joint news conference, Senegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall said the two countries hoped to increase collaboration on mineral exploration, energy, agriculture, scientific research, formation of...

 Six Polish students and a lecturer from the Warsaw University who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released, the Polish foreign ministry said Wednesday. They are in good health and will be returning home this week. The ministry's spokesman, Pawel Wronski, said the seven Polish citizens have had their passports, laptops...

 Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent's public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. Eighty-one deaths from mpox were reported in Africa in the past week, bringi...

 Malawi has begun screening for mpox at all ports of entry in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. The move comes just days after the first two suspected cases were registered in the country and are currently awaiting laboratory test results. This includes a 31-year-old male who is being treated in hospital and a 17-year-old boy who is re...

 Over 748,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with UNHCR Egypt, a majority of whom are women and children who have recently arrived in Egypt fleeing the brutal conflict that started in Sudan in April 2023. Since the conflict broke, the registered Sudanese refugee population has grown almost sevenfold and numbers are expected to keep...

 Somalia has issued a warning to suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights to its territory due to an ongoing territorial dispute. The Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) announced on August 21, 2024, that the airline has failed to respond to concerns related to Somali sovereignty. The dispute escalated after Ethiopia signed an agreement in Ja...

 Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko officially set up Monday (Aug. 19) a commission tasked with reviewing the oil and gas contracts the country signed with multinational corporations. The PM made the announcement on national TV insisting that the team of legal, tax, and energy sector experts will work meticulously to make sure all legal a...

 A massive increase in the price of electricity is on the cards for households in Egypt as the country gradually phases out subsidies. Raises will range from 14.45 per cent to 50 per cent, depending on the consumption bracket of individual homes. For households with prepaid meters, the increase came into effect on Saturday, while people with r...