[allAfrica] Koyo Kouoh, CEO and chief curator of Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, has died in Switzerland. She was 57.
[Vanguard] The United Kingdom has announced plans to abolish the care worker visa route in the coming months, a move that could impact thousands of Nigerians seeking employment in the UK's health and social care sector.
[HRW] Nairobi -- Armed Forces, Militia Kill Over 130 Civilians; Reprisal Killings by Islamist Armed Group
[Premium Times] The planned meeting is coming on the heels of Nigeria's unexpected withdrawal from the World Athletics Relays taking place this weekend in Guangzhou, China.
[Premium Times] In April 2025, Nigeria's health sector faced a mix of urgent challenges and progress.
[Premium Times] The report revealed that nearly 80 per cent of nurses serve only 49 per cent of the world's population.
[DW] Ten Rwandans who were lured to Southeast Asia for work only to find themselves in dire conditions have been repatriated. The government stepped in after Rwandans trapped in Myanmar and Laos alerted a top influencer.
[Premium Times] The Kano State Government says the development is to promote «responsible journalism, mutual respect, and the protection of Kano State's cultural and religious heritage».
[allAfrica] NouakChott -- Former Mauritanian Finance Minister and candidate for president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Sidi Ould Tah, promised internal reforms at the regional development institution if elected at the upcoming Board of Governors meeting in Abidjan. Tah said there's a need to improve key functions of the Bank, such as reducing the time frame for the implementation of projects and attracting the necessary talent.
[Bhekisisa] Medical school didn't prepare Sarah Stein for the cold, matter-of-fact way her colleagues dealt with death. When she asked one of the doctors she worked with how they could move on so quickly after a patient died, they explained it wasn't a lack of care -- it was self-preservation. In public hospitals where beds and wards and passages are filled with death and sickness, to not step away, she says, is to allow yourself to become enshrouded by it. She's not sure she's up to the task.
[Addis Standard] As health professionals across Ethiopia stage pre-strike demonstrations demanding improved salaries, benefits, and working conditions, the Ethiopian Health Professionals Association (EHPA) has urged the government to immediately address their demands, while stressing that the movement should proceed in a manner that «does not harm the country and the community.»
[Global Fund] Geneva -- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has reached a historic milestone by procuring - for the first time - a first-line HIV treatment manufactured in Africa. The treatment - lifesaving, quality-assured antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) called TLD (tenofovir, lamivudine and dolutegravir), prequalified by the World Health Organization - was sourced from a leading Kenyan pharmaceutical company and delivered to Mozambique. The volume supplied can treat over 72,000 people per
[allAfrica] The trivialization of abuse through jokes, coupled with victim-blaming narratives, perpetuates a culture of impunity for perpetrators.
[GroundUp] Sex workers say they are devastated following the closure of US-funded clinics
[allAfrica] Nouakchatt -- Mauritania, with significant reserves of under-developed natural resources and untapped agri-business potential, is introducing reforms needed to make the northwest African nation a more attractive investment destination. That was the message delivered to visiting journalists on behalf of the government by the communication coordinator of the Agence De Promotion Des Investments In Mauritania (APIM), Maimouna Gah El Hilal.
[allAfrica] Nouakchott -- When Sidi Ould Tah addresses the media on Tuesday, May 6, he will be hoping to use the opportunity to position himself as the next president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Mauritanian is one of five candidates seeking to replace Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina, whose tenure as head of the AfDB comes to an end in August 2025.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Judge Nathan Erasmus found all three accused -- Joshlin Smith's mother, Racquel «Kelly» Smith, Jacquen «Boeta» Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn -- guilty of human trafficking and kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of six-year-old Joshlin Smith. The judge ruled the State had successfully proven the charges based on consistent witness testimony and the conduct of the accused, especially Smith, who did not search for her missing daughter and remained silent during the trial.
[allAfrica] Sudan is an African crisis, and what's happening in Sudan is a manifestation of a very deep crisis that will affect, and is affecting, different countries across the continent. Since the beginning of this conflict and this campaign of atrocity that has been happening across Sudan. We, my colleagues and those in my organization ( Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa - SIHA ), have been saying that Sudan is too big to fall apart alone. Sudan is the third-largest country in Africa. Sudan
[New Times] The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has criticized former BBC journalist Ally Yusuf Mugenzi, accusing him of aligning with long-standing denialist narratives about he 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- A prominent Somali lawmaker has accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of neglecting the fight against Al-Shabaab militants, blaming growing political disputes over constitutional amendments and the electoral process for weakening the government's focus.
[The Conversation Africa] Just over 74% of South Africa's electricity still comes from burning coal. In 2021, the country negotiated the Just Energy Transition Partnership with Germany, the UK, France, the US and the European Union. They committed to providing South Africa with US$8.5 billion (R157 billion) to move away from coal to renewable energy. (In March 2025, US president Donald Trump withdrew the US and its share of the funding, about US$1.5 billion, or R27.7 billion, from the arrangement.) Researcher Nqobile Xaba talks to
[UN News] An anthrax outbreak is compounding the worsening security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), driving up humanitarian needs and further limiting access to basic services. The escalating crisis is also widening critical gaps in healthcare and protection, amid a broader surge in infectious diseases.
[Global Press Journal] Masindi, Uganda -- Tobacco farming in Uganda has resulted in the loss of trees key to the diets of chimpanzees and baboons, increasing human-primate interactions -- and the risk for disease spillover.
[Nigeria Health Watch] When a youth leader's sister, Hajara, died during childbirth, he vowed that no other family in Farm Centre Tunga will suffer the same fate. That night of loss became the spark that led to a community-built Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) that now saves lives.
[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- Every 1st May, like clockwork, Uganda joins the rest of the world to honour workers, by ensuring the actual workers stay hard at it, while officials in crisp suits wave to the cameras and give speeches on «dignity» and «solidarity» from the comfort of shaded tents. It's a national holiday that's anything but for the vast majority who make the wheels turn.
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