Africa

Ethiopia (Africa): The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, today started a six-day mission to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Relentless attacks on patients, health staff and medical facilities in Central African Republic (CAR) during a countrywide surge in violence are forcing the suspension of medical activities and seriously constraining people’s access to…

South Sudan, zero anti-Covid vaccines. The president of the National Forum of Journalists in the African country describes the emergency situation: "We continue to deal with insecurity, violence and lack of food and services"

Vaccine deliveries in Africa: for WHO executives, the responsibility must be attributed to delays in the delivery of the serum produced by the Anglo-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca

9 July marks a decade of existence for South Sudan, the world’s youngest country – and it is a decade that has battered communities and families across the country with conflict and armed violence

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasingly worried by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique

Médecins Sans Frontières workers killed in Tigray: "A devastating blow to all Msf people everywhere"

The Afron 'Stop cancer and stop Covid-19' project, financed by the Waldensian Church, has brought the association into the field at a time when Uganda is experiencing lockdown

Covid vaccine production in Africa: it will be operated by local biotechnology company Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines and will produce mRNA serums like those of Pfizer and Moderna

Ethiopia today officially launched a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 2 million people aged 1 year and above in Tigray region in the north of the country to avert a potential outbreak