East-Africa
Somalia boosts health surveillance after Marburg virus cases in Ethiopia
Monday December 1, 2025 Mogadishu — Somalia’s Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the spread of the Marburg virus after Ethiopia confirmed…
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Health
Southern-Africa
Namibia Confirms Deadly Congo Fever Outbreak; Health Officials Warn
Windhoek — Namibian health authorities have confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) after a patient admitted to a Windhoek health…
Somalia
Satellite Launch Sites’ Environmental, Health, and Social Impacts: Bashaqle, Somalia Case Study
Somalia’s space ambitions meet environmental realities Somalia’s coastline and equatorial latitude have thrust Bashaqle, in Middle Shabelle, into conversations about an African…
Southern-Africa
India’s Aid Helps Botswana Alleviate Ongoing Health Crisis
India offers aid as Botswana confronts acute medicine shortages India has offered to assist Botswana in addressing a severe shortage of essential…
East-Africa
Peace Protects Health: Deadly Cholera Surge Mostly Preventable
Conflict, poverty and collapsing services: why cholera is surging again “Peace is health,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeats in…
East-Africa
Africa as Co-Architect, Not Guest, in Global Health Systems Design
In Durban, Africa’s public health debate turns from aid to agency Durban — Delegates in brightly patterned shirts and surgical scrubs threaded…
Southern-Africa
Botswana Issues Public Health Alert Due to Drug Shortage
A Crisis in Botswana: Health Emergency Amidst Economic Struggles In a stark televised address, President Duma Boko announced a public health emergency…
World
Trump Selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for U.S. Secretary of Health Position
In a striking move, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental advocate known for spreading dubious claims about…
Somalia
Tackling Somalia’s Unspoken Mental Health Crisis
MSF counselors gather women at a nutrition center inside Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa. © Alberto Macin/MSF Meet Alberto Macin, the spirited maestro…
Somalia
Abdullahi Abdalla focuses on championing educators and mental health in his campaign for the Alexandria school board.
Aspiring Alexandria School Board member, Abdullahi Abdalla, campaigns under the vast city skyline hoping to secure his inaugural term. Abdalla champions…
Somalia
Somalia’s Mental Health Struggles Intensify Amid Conflict and Poverty
Mogadishu (AX) — For many years, Somalia has been caught in a storm of turmoil, poverty, and uprooting that’s left the nation’s…
