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Malawi President Issues Executive Order to Improve Public Hygiene Amid Rising Cholera Cases

By Joseph Dumbula Malawi President Peter Mutharika has issued an Executive Order mandating immediate action to address deteriorating sanitation and hygiene conditions in public spaces, workplaces, and schools following a…

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Ethiopia’s Letter to Eritrea Carries Both Warning and Promise in a Tense Horn of Africa

By Adonis Byemelwa The letter arrived with the quiet gravity of official stationery, dated February…

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From Hoima to Tanga, a Pipeline Carries Tanzania and Uganda’s Hopes

By Adonis Byemelwa Dar es Salaam — President Samia welcomed President Museveni beneath a soft…

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Samia and Museveni Bet on Unity as East Africa Searches for Peace in the Great Lakes

By Adonis Byemelwa President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s decision to back President Yoweri Museveni’s peace and…

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Mutharika to Outline Fiscal Strategy at Malawi 2026/2027 Budget Opening

By Burnett Munthali Lilongwe — President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika will on Friday, February 13,…

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AfDB and WHO Sign US $60 Million MOU to Strengthen Ebola Response in West Africa

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for…

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African Union to hold emergency meeting on Ebola

Health care workers wearing full body suits burn infected items at the Elwa hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in…

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Human trial of experimental Ebola vaccine begins this week

Caleb Hellerman* A picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective…

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Africa Leaders Summit presents opportunity to intensify talks on funding for malaria

Immunization at a clinic in Nigeria The African Leaders summit, being held in Washington on August 4-6, will seek to…

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Winner of African Story Challenge Focuses on the Health Toll on Miners

Journalists and media organizations in Africa often shy away from development stories, such as those on health and social justice,…

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Sierra Leonean Healthcare Professionals in UK Want to Contribute to Home Country’s Health Sector

Sierra Leonean healthcare professionals in the UK are keen to volunteer for short term assignments to fill acute healthcare staffing…

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Senegal to host new company for Generic Drugs in Africa

Africa will soon have unbridled access to generic drugs for some of the most common ailments plaguing the continent with…

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Cameroon clamps down on illicit clinics

Infections have rapidly fallen after aid groups and government ramped up treatment and prevention. In August, President Ernest Bai Koroma…

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