Ugandan advocates call to decriminalise suicide to improve mental health care
Ugandan advocates call to decriminalise suicide, urging care over punishment and pushing for stronger mental health support amid rising distress.
Ugandan advocates call to decriminalise suicide, urging care over punishment and pushing for stronger mental health support amid rising distress.
French student protests over school conditions have spread nationwide, prompting a crisis meeting as unrest escalates with arrests, injuries, and school closures.
Uganda’s new ECCE Policy 2025 demands all pre-primary teachers be qualified, registered, and licensed to raise early childhood education standards.
Moxico Leste province has seen 114 Mpox recoveries since June 2026, amid 107 active cases in Angola and ongoing health monitoring.
Liberian educator Latim Dathong urges nationwide awareness on the Cybercrime Law before enforcement intensifies, following a high-profile arrest linked to AI-generated content.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a vital chokepoint linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, crucial for Asia-Europe shipping and global energy flows.
Mpox confirmed in Bunia, DRC, amid ongoing Ebola outbreak that has caused nearly 8,000 cases and 3,800 deaths in Ituri province.
Venezuela’s interim president promises elections, but reforms to courts and electoral bodies may delay the vote until late 2027 or beyond.
Adam Brody publicly supports a free Palestine and calls the Israel-Gaza conflict a genocide ahead of Netflix's Nobody Wants This Season 3 release.
The Uganda Cancer Institute is expanding its palliative care and survivorship services to improve support for cancer patients beyond treatment.
World leaders gathered at the UN on 25 Sept 2026 to renew commitments on pandemic preparedness, focusing on equity, solidarity, and stronger health systems.
Hannah Einbinder was detained during an anti-Netanyahu protest outside the UN in New York, calling attention to the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon.
UN and African frameworks uphold the right to development as a human right, but legal gaps and implementation challenges persist across Africa.
Minister Ronald Lamola has reaffirmed South Africa's commitment to the UN Charter while pushing for urgent reforms to global governance institutions.
The United States has unveiled a hardline new visa restriction policy aimed squarely at foreign nationals it accuses of driving race based discrimination, violence and land seizures in South Africa. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move on Tuesday, September 15, pointing to what Washington calls the mistreatment of...
Bukavu, September 10, 2026 – A fire swept through two primary schools in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 26 children and injuring 25 others on Wednesday morning, UNICEF has confirmed. The blaze started around 9:00 am local time while pupils were in lessons at Ujamaa and...
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned BRICS leaders in New Delhi that Africa cannot remain a raw-material supplier while manufacturing and value addition happen elsewhere.
The US CDC has for three weeks kept two measles-linked infant deaths in Pennsylvania out of its official count, fuelling fears that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interfering with the agency’s scientific integrity.
A fire spread from a house to two schools in Bukavu, DR Congo, on Thursday, causing a stampede that killed at least 24 students, mostly girls aged 6 to 14. The M23 rebel group provided the toll.
Algeria has dramatically severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, ordering its ambassador to leave within forty eight hours and plunging already tense regional alliances into fresh diplomatic turmoil. Algerian state media confirmed the decision on Thursday without giving a detailed reason for the sudden rupture. The move caps...
Three men were struck along the Trans-Zambezi Highway at Omega 3 and Chetto villages in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park on 17 and 18 August 2026, with community members reporting that ambulances took hours to arrive from Katima Mulilo, more than 100 kilometres away. A 90-year-old man died from his injuries,...
At least 675 people have been killed in catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to Nepali police and disaster authorities cited by Reuters on August 29, 2026. A wall of mud and rock triggered flooding in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river areas on August 26, leaving nearly 3,000...
Nigerian police arrested a 28-year-old suspected drug dealer, Chinedu Nwankwo, on 29 August 2026 along the Nteje–Otuocha Road in Anambra East Local Government Area, recovering illicit drugs valued at ₦5.8 million (approximately R64,000). The Anambra State Police Command said the arrest was carried out by the Rapid Response Team during...
The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa launched the Regional Health Data Hub on 27 August 2026, a digital platform designed to consolidate fragmented health data across 47 African Member States into a single accessible system. The platform enables governments, public health institutions, researchers and development partners to access...
A flash flood has killed at least 165 people in Nepal and Tibet, leaving hundreds missing after torrents of water, mud and debris devastated the Himalayan border region on Wednesday. The disaster struck along a remote and strategically important section of the Nepal China frontier, destroying settlements and vital infrastructure...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to formally assume the SADC chairpersonship for the 2026/27 term at the 46th Ordinary SADC Summit taking place in Durban on 17 August 2026. This follows South Africa’s tenure as Interim Chair since November 2025, a role the country took on after Madagascar relinquished the...
The Ebola virus has spread to a sixth province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to health authorities who confirmed the expansion of the outbreak as of 14 August 2026. Medical teams and international aid agencies have initiated emergency containment measures in the newly affected regions, which had remained...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is chairing a virtual meeting of the Global Leaders Network (GLN) today, 14 August 2026, to discuss international socio-economic development and sustainable growth strategies. The forum brings together international heads of state to address the integration of African markets within the broader global economy. A primary focus...
At least 46 people have died after a ferry sank on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, with emergency teams currently working to recover victims and assist survivors. Reports from the region on 14 August 2026 indicate that search and rescue operations are ongoing amidst harrowing accounts from those who made it...
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, has issued a formal apology following revelations that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failed to provide critical information during bail hearings for serial killer Simon Levy. Levy, who was sentenced to a whole-life tariff on 12 August 2026 for the murders of Carmenza...