UNICEF and the WHO have issued an urgent health alert as a cholera outbreak in South Sudan threatens nearly 450,000 children. The situation is exacerbated by severe flooding and the influx of refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Sudan, putting immense pressure on fragile water and sanitation systems.
The United Nations has launched a massive funding appeal to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With over 7 million people displaced by ongoing conflict, the UN warns that without immediate funding, life-saving aid for food and medicine will run out by mid-year.
Facing a sharp downturn in the global diamond market, Botswana plans to survey roughly 70 percent of its unexplored land for critical minerals, Mines Minister Bogolo Joy Kenewendo said this week.
Kenya’s Cabinet has endorsed a KSh4.7 trillion national budget for 2026/27, allocating KSh495.7 billion in transfers to county governments ahead of Parliament’s review.
Maritime policymakers from across Africa convened in Mombasa, Kenya, this week to craft a unified stance on the International Maritime Organization’s “Net Zero Framework,” aiming to protect African trade competitiveness as shipping decarbonizes.
A rubber boat carrying 55 migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving 53 people dead or missing and only two Nigerian women alive in one of 2026’s deadliest Mediterranean crossings.
Kenya’s U-20 women’s team claimed a slim but vital 1–0 victory over Tanzania in the first leg of their FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier, setting up a decisive return match in Nairobi.
Lagos is launching a waste-to-wealth project today at Ikosi Market, with a new biodigester set to turn organic trash into electricity and cooking gas for traders and stalls.
The Nigerian naira traded around ₦1,363 per dollar in official markets, maintaining calm after weeks of stability, as the Central Bank’s electronic matching system appears to reduce wild swings.
Google Research Africa has announced the launch of WAXAL, a new open dataset designed to accelerate the development of speech technology for African languages.
