[Bhekisisa] As anti-immigrant protests gather momentum, a clause in the NHI Act could deny many refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants HIV treatment -- despite Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi saying that would "work in reverse" in the fight against HIV. Would the health minister be prepared to change that if the Constitutional Court rules the Act can go ahead?
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has told the UN that Liberia's journey from civil war to democracy demonstrates that justice, national ownership and inclusive development remain the foundation of lasting peace
[Leadership] The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has extended its ultimatum to the federal government by another four weeks over unresolved welfare and professional issues affecting its members nationwide, while declaring an industrial dispute with the government.
[HRW] Civil society joint letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council - HRC62
[UN News] The United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Sudan voiced alarm on Wednesday over escalating violence in and around the city of El Obeid, warning that further military escalation could put thousands of civilians at risk and deepen Sudan's already devastating humanitarian crisis.
[Dabanga] Waidi El Atri / El Rataj / Argeen / Cairo -- A Sudanese human rights organisation has accused Egyptian forces of carrying out a fresh operation against Sudanese gold miners near the Sudan-Egypt border, arresting dozens of people days after a deadly incident that survivors say killed more than 50 miners inside Sudanese territory.
[spotlight] Ten years after its launch in the United States, a new, more effective shingles vaccine is finally set to hit the market in South Africa. While the vaccine, called Shingrix, should soon be available at private sector pharmacies, it seems unlikely that it will be provided in the country's public healthcare system any time soon.
[Bush Radio] Cape Town -- In South Africa, the weight of unemployment and economic hardship is a heavy burden shared by many.
[allAfrica] Kenya woke to barricaded roads and a near-deserted capital on Thursday as the country marked the second anniversary of the 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests, with police sealing off major routes into Nairobi's Central Business District hours before planned commemorations.
[allAfrica] Gunfire was reported on the morning of Thursday, June 18, 2026, around Niamey International Airport in Niger. According to several corroborating sources, the shooting lasted for nearly two hours before the situation gradually returned to calm.
[RFI] Mozambique's criminal police are under growing scrutiny as political repression continues more than 18 months after disputed elections triggered unrest. Civil society groups denounce abductions and killings by security forces, with particular attention focused on the National Criminal Investigation Service, known as Sernic. This fifth instalment of Mozambique Exposed - an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories to which RFI contributed - examines claims that Sernic has become a form of political
[Nigeria Health Watch] In late 2013, Ebola began spreading in Guinea, but the outbreak went undetected for more than three months. Patients arriving at the health facilities presented with fever, vomiting and diarrhoea, symptoms that closely resembled malaria, typhoid, or cholera. Without the diagnostic tools needed to identify the virus, clinicians were unable to determine the true cause of the illness.
[Vanguard] A 23-year-old female Libya returnee, Endurance Daniel, on Wednesday recounted how she and other migrants drank their urine to survive due to lack of water in the desert.
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The newly developed treatment daraxonrasib can double the years left to live for patients with pancreatic cancer — but it doesn't cure the disease and only works if the cancer is treated early.
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[Dabanga] Ansterdam / Cairo / Geneva / Khartoum / Darfur -- The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has described parts of the capital Khartoum as a "ghost town" teeming with burnt buildings and darkness, "however, people are coming back to it, because no one wants to stay indefinitely inside displacement camps." Speaking to reporters in Geneva from Cairo, UNFPA deputy executive director for management, Andrew Saperton said that during his recent visit to Sudan, he saw "a country trying to come back to life, even as the war continues."
[Shabelle] Dhuusamareeb, Somalia -- Political tensions are mounting in Somalia's central state of Galmudug amid growing disagreements over the handling of the upcoming regional presidential election, according to local sources and officials familiar with the discussions.
[Daily Maverick] Thirty children die from malnutrition every day in South Africa. This week, the Union Against Hunger set out to say that this is not just a tragedy to mourn, but an act of unlawful government to fight.
[The New Humanitarian] Sokoto, Nigeria -- "My husband was everything. Now I sell what is left just to survive."
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are fighting to contain a dramatic Ebola outbreak, which went unnoticed for a long time. Are US aid cuts to blame for the delayed crisis response?
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