Mogadishu (AX) — The Shabelle River has breached its banks at 366 critical points, Somalia’s disaster agency said Sunday, warning that heavy rains and expected El Niño conditions could trigger widespread flooding.…
More than 40.3 million people in six countries across the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region are facing high levels of acute…
Assanti Abdi, a long-time patient at the Central Mother and Child Health centre, fears funding cuts could shut down the facility. Photo:…
Mogadishu (AX) – Somalia is facing a heightened flood threat during the 2026 Deyr rainy season, with the Somali Disaster Management Agency…
Mogadishu (AX) — Almost 7,000 water wells along Somalia’s riverbanks could be damaged or rendered unusable by flooding during the approaching Deyr…
A looming reduction in U.S. funding for Namibia’s HIV response is triggering concern among organisations supporting people living with HIV, even as…
Thousands of Somali immigrants face the possibility of detention, deportation, lost work authorization and family separation after a Massachusetts federal judge cleared…
For women vaccinated against HPV at ages 12 and 13, the threat of dying from cervical cancer before 30 has all but…
In a warning that cut through the usual techno-utopian rhetoric, Pope Leo XIV used his encyclical on the dangers of artificial intelligence…
Despite dramatic leaps in medical science, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is still one of the world’s most prevalent birth defects—and it continues…
Warm waters spreading across the tropical Pacific are driving the buildup of a major El Niño, the World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed,…
