AT LEAST 1 000 students are set to benefit from the Presidential Scholarship Programme this year. The programme which is part of President Mnangagwa's initiative, has seen a number of students who are ...

The recent spread of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (bird flu) to Plateau and Katsina states is an alarming development that calls for urgent and coordinated action from the federal government.

Choosing whether, when and with whom to have a baby. Giving birth safely. Living free of sexual and gender-based violence. These are rights now enshrined in international law, yet they are out of ...

As President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, African nations watched the inauguration ceremony with the expectation that he would "focus more on partnerships with African countries." ...

Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the ...

Thousands of people have fled their homes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between M23 rebels and ...

The UN has expressed "grave concerned" over the safety and security of civilians as fighting intensifies in the eastern parts ...

That decision was reversed under former President Joe Biden, who reengaged with the WHO and initiated the 2024 U.S. Global ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Malawi have signed an agreement to import 48,000 metric tons of maize, valued at US$ 35 million and funded by the World Bank Group, ...

A study finds that severe drought plaguing parts of Somalia since 2022 has killed at least 71,000 people beyond the number expected.

Nigerian authorities and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs have launched an appeal for $910 million to address an escalating humanitarian crisis in the northeastern states ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros ...