AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: WHO Declares International Hantavirus Outbreak Over
[Premium Times] WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced the development on Thursday, saying no new cases had been reported since 25 May.
Africa
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa's Immunization Acceleration - Charting a Path to Better Health, Health Security and Economic Growth for a Continent on the Rise
[Africa CDC] Introduction: Africa's Immunization Landscape and Its Significance
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Withdrawal From The Rome Statute Consecrates Impunity And Threatens To Deny Victims Of War Crimes Justice And Reparations
[AI London] Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International's Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said:
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Botswana and South Africa Enjoy Smoother Ties
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana and South Africa enjoy smooth relations, with emerging issues resolved efficiently and effectively through close collaboration, says President Advocate Duma Boko.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 3, 2026
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AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: 5 Innovations Transforming How WFP Delivers Food Assistance
[WFP] Innovation underpins the World Food Programme's work in tackling hunger. Here we look at five innovations making a real difference on the ground.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: WHO Adds First Diagnostic Test for Ebola Bundibugyo Virus to Its Emergency Use Listing
[WHO] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Taking the World's Temperature - WHO Chief Spotlights Global Health Emergencies
[UN News] The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Thursday, announcing updates on global health emergencies.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Ulysses in Isizulu - Why an African Translation of the Classic Irish Novel Matters in Today's World
[The Conversation Africa] Every year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce's landmark 1922 novel Ulysses.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: World Bank Drops Climate Funding Target, Raising Fears for Africa
[RFI] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Nigeria Urges AU to Make Xenophobic Attacks a Top Security Priority
[Vanguard] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 2, 2026
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AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: President Ramaphosa to Lead AU Mission to DR Congo As Africa Strengthens Ebola Response
[SAnews.gov.za] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Uganda to Begin Voluntary Repatriation of Citizens From South Africa
[Nile Post] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Women Move Gender Equality Fight to the Lake
[African Arguments] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Cape Verde and Congo Dr Hailed As Africa's World Cup Underdog Stories
[CAF] Cape Verde and Congo DR have been praised by Diego Forlan and Hristo Stoichkov after becoming two of the standout African stories of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Migration Starts Beyond South Africa's Borders - Responses Should Too
[ISS] South Africa cannot build enough fences or deport enough immigrants to overcome the consequences of instability in neighbouring countries.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa's AI Future Lies in Skills, Not Aid, Says Tomorrow Foundation's Maggie Gu
[allAfrica] GENEVA -- Africa's future in the age of artificial intelligence will depend less on financial assistance than on investments in skills, education and digital infrastructure, according to Maggie Gu, founder and president of Tomorrow Foundation.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Mudavadi Hails Trump's Trade-First Africa Policy As Kenya Eyes Stronger U.S. Economic Ties
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has welcomed the Trump administration's shift in U.S.-Africa policy from one centred on aid to one driven by trade and investment, describing the approach as a positive step towards building more balanced and mutually beneficial relations with Kenya.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: AI Explained - Why the World Needs to Act Now
[UN News] Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: South Africa Protesters Confront Migrant Homes During Nationwide Marches
[RFI] Protesters stopped outside buildings believed to house undocumented migrants and urged residents to leave as thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday, the deadline set by anti-immigration groups for foreigners without papers to leave the country.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Justine Madugu - How Wafcon 2024 Success Changed My Life
[CAF] Winning the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as head coach of the Super Falcons was the culmination of years of dedication and experience for Nigeria manager Justine Madugu. Having served in multiple coaching roles across different WAFCON campaigns - Equatorial Guinea 2012, Namibia 2014, Ghana 2018, Morocco 2022, and 2024 editions respectively- the 62-year-old finally guided Nigeria back to the summit of African women's football as the man in charge.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 1, 2026
[allAfrica] Senegal Trims Presidential Powers in Controversial Vote
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Joint Statement By the Committee On the Rights of the Child and Unicef On the Plight of Migrant Children in South Africa
[Unicef] Geneva/Nairobi -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF express their deep concern regarding the plight of migrant children in South Africa and the challenges they face while moving across the African continent.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Thousands of Zimbabweans On Way Back From South Africa As Government Sends Buses to Cape Town, Johannesburg
[New Zimbabwe] THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans are on their way back home after government sent hundreds of buses to ferry them from safety camps and consulates in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Insurance Helps Farmers Protect Livelihoods As Climate Shocks Intensify
[WFP] Insurance is helping farmers recover from droughts and floods before crises deepen - as climate shocks intensify and the shadow of El Niño threatens.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: The World Has the Science to Transform Food Systems. the Next Frontier Is Scaling It
[The Conversation Africa] The world's food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, and unequal access to markets. Research has produced practical solutions to each of these that could benefit hundreds of millions of people. Too few are moved into widespread use.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa Only Has Partial Visibility of its True NCD Burden, Says WHO Official
[allAfrica] Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are often described as Africa's "silent epidemic," but much of that silence reflects how little of the true burden is actually visible.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: WHO Declares International Hantavirus Outbreak Over
[Premium Times] WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced the development on Thursday, saying no new cases had been reported since 25 May.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa's Immunization Acceleration - Charting a Path to Better Health, Health Security and Economic Growth for a Continent on the Rise
[Africa CDC] Introduction: Africa's Immunization Landscape and Its Significance
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Withdrawal From The Rome Statute Consecrates Impunity And Threatens To Deny Victims Of War Crimes Justice And Reparations
[AI London] Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International's Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said:
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Botswana and South Africa Enjoy Smoother Ties
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana and South Africa enjoy smooth relations, with emerging issues resolved efficiently and effectively through close collaboration, says President Advocate Duma Boko.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 3, 2026
[allAfrica]
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: 5 Innovations Transforming How WFP Delivers Food Assistance
[WFP] Innovation underpins the World Food Programme's work in tackling hunger. Here we look at five innovations making a real difference on the ground.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: WHO Adds First Diagnostic Test for Ebola Bundibugyo Virus to Its Emergency Use Listing
[WHO] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Taking the World's Temperature - WHO Chief Spotlights Global Health Emergencies
[UN News] The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Thursday, announcing updates on global health emergencies.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Ulysses in Isizulu - Why an African Translation of the Classic Irish Novel Matters in Today's World
[The Conversation Africa] Every year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce's landmark 1922 novel Ulysses.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: World Bank Drops Climate Funding Target, Raising Fears for Africa
[RFI] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Nigeria Urges AU to Make Xenophobic Attacks a Top Security Priority
[Vanguard] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 2, 2026
[allAfrica]
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: President Ramaphosa to Lead AU Mission to DR Congo As Africa Strengthens Ebola Response
[SAnews.gov.za] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Uganda to Begin Voluntary Repatriation of Citizens From South Africa
[Nile Post] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Women Move Gender Equality Fight to the Lake
[African Arguments] 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.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Cape Verde and Congo Dr Hailed As Africa's World Cup Underdog Stories
[CAF] Cape Verde and Congo DR have been praised by Diego Forlan and Hristo Stoichkov after becoming two of the standout African stories of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Migration Starts Beyond South Africa's Borders - Responses Should Too
[ISS] South Africa cannot build enough fences or deport enough immigrants to overcome the consequences of instability in neighbouring countries.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa's AI Future Lies in Skills, Not Aid, Says Tomorrow Foundation's Maggie Gu
[allAfrica] GENEVA -- Africa's future in the age of artificial intelligence will depend less on financial assistance than on investments in skills, education and digital infrastructure, according to Maggie Gu, founder and president of Tomorrow Foundation.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Mudavadi Hails Trump's Trade-First Africa Policy As Kenya Eyes Stronger U.S. Economic Ties
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has welcomed the Trump administration's shift in U.S.-Africa policy from one centred on aid to one driven by trade and investment, describing the approach as a positive step towards building more balanced and mutually beneficial relations with Kenya.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: AI Explained - Why the World Needs to Act Now
[UN News] Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: South Africa Protesters Confront Migrant Homes During Nationwide Marches
[RFI] Protesters stopped outside buildings believed to house undocumented migrants and urged residents to leave as thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday, the deadline set by anti-immigration groups for foreigners without papers to leave the country.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Justine Madugu - How Wafcon 2024 Success Changed My Life
[CAF] Winning the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as head coach of the Super Falcons was the culmination of years of dedication and experience for Nigeria manager Justine Madugu. Having served in multiple coaching roles across different WAFCON campaigns - Equatorial Guinea 2012, Namibia 2014, Ghana 2018, Morocco 2022, and 2024 editions respectively- the 62-year-old finally guided Nigeria back to the summit of African women's football as the man in charge.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: All of Africa Today - July 1, 2026
[allAfrica] Senegal Trims Presidential Powers in Controversial Vote
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Joint Statement By the Committee On the Rights of the Child and Unicef On the Plight of Migrant Children in South Africa
[Unicef] Geneva/Nairobi -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF express their deep concern regarding the plight of migrant children in South Africa and the challenges they face while moving across the African continent.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Thousands of Zimbabweans On Way Back From South Africa As Government Sends Buses to Cape Town, Johannesburg
[New Zimbabwe] THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans are on their way back home after government sent hundreds of buses to ferry them from safety camps and consulates in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Insurance Helps Farmers Protect Livelihoods As Climate Shocks Intensify
[WFP] Insurance is helping farmers recover from droughts and floods before crises deepen - as climate shocks intensify and the shadow of El Niño threatens.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: The World Has the Science to Transform Food Systems. the Next Frontier Is Scaling It
[The Conversation Africa] The world's food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, and unequal access to markets. Research has produced practical solutions to each of these that could benefit hundreds of millions of people. Too few are moved into widespread use.
AllAfrica (continent-wide)
Africa: Africa Only Has Partial Visibility of its True NCD Burden, Says WHO Official
[allAfrica] Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are often described as Africa's "silent epidemic," but much of that silence reflects how little of the true burden is actually visible.