Africa Health Report

UCH Doctors Shut Down Services After Brutal Emergency Ward Assault doctors protest

UCH Doctors Shut Down Services After Brutal Emergency Ward Assault

Mirian Gom May 17, 2026

IBADAN, Nigeria – The Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital has launched a warning strike after...

Stolen Future: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Classroom Catastrophe children hawking on the street

Stolen Future: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Classroom Catastrophe

Hussaini Ibrahim May 17, 2026

Under the scorching heat of Kano’s Kurna Asabe district, 13-year-old Bashir weaves through traffic selling sachet water...

Nigeria Faces Dangerous Dentist Shortage as Specialists Flee Abroad Nigeria Faces Severe Dentist, Orthodontist Shortage 2

Nigeria Faces Dangerous Dentist Shortage as Specialists Flee Abroad

Mirian Gom May 16, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Smile360 Dental Specialists has raised concerns over Nigeria’s worsening shortage of dentists and orthodontic...

Africa CDC Calls Emergency Meeting Over Deadly Ebola Outbreak In DRC Africa CDC 2

Africa CDC Calls Emergency Meeting Over Deadly Ebola Outbreak In DRC

Oluwatobi Adu May 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has convened an emergency regional coordination...

WHO Warns Nicotine Pouch Firms Aggressively Target Young People Globally

Oluwatobi Adu May 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has warned that nicotine pouch manufacturers are increasingly targeting adolescents...

Katsina Battles Deadly Meningitis Surge as Suspected Cases Hit 105 Katsina tertiary institutions resume activities after strike suspension

Katsina tertiary institutions resume activities after strike suspension

Katsina Battles Deadly Meningitis Surge as Suspected Cases Hit 105

Hussaini Ibrahim May 16, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – Katsina State has placed hospitals and healthcare workers on emergency alert after recording 105...

Gombe Strengthens UK Partnership to Boost Agriculture, Food Security Growth Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State

Gombe Strengthens UK Partnership to Boost Agriculture, Food Security Growth

Hussaini Ibrahim May 16, 2026

GOMBE, Nigeria – Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening international partnerships aimed...

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Vehicles, Bulletproof Gear to Police Lagos Security Trust Fund presenting vehicles and security gear to police officers

Lagos Security Trust Fund presenting vehicles and security gear to police officers

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Vehicles, Bulletproof Gear to Police

Korede Abdullah May 16, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Security Trust Fund has donated operational vehicles, bulletproof vests and protective...

Lagos Food Hubs Generate Billions, Transform Food Distribution Across State Traders and farmers operating at the Lagos Fresh Food Hub in Mushin

Traders and farmers operating at the Lagos Fresh Food Hub in Mushin

Lagos Food Hubs Generate Billions, Transform Food Distribution Across State

Korede Abdullah May 16, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration says Lagos Fresh Food Hubs have generated more than ₦3.8...

Nigerian, US Troops Kill Senior Islamic State Commander In Lake Chad Nigerian and US troops during a counterterrorism operation in the Lake Chad region

Nigerian and US troops during a counterterrorism operation in the Lake Chad region

Nigerian, US Troops Kill Senior Islamic State Commander In Lake Chad

Hussaini Ibrahim May 16, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigerian and United States troops have carried out a...

Year: 2026

UCH Doctors Shut Down Services After Brutal Emergency Ward Assault

Stolen Future: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Classroom Catastrophe

Nigeria Faces Dangerous Dentist Shortage as Specialists Flee Abroad

Africa CDC Calls Emergency Meeting Over Deadly Ebola Outbreak In DRC

WHO Warns Nicotine Pouch Firms Aggressively Target Young People Globally

Katsina Battles Deadly Meningitis Surge as Suspected Cases Hit 105

Gombe Strengthens UK Partnership to Boost Agriculture, Food Security Growth

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Vehicles, Bulletproof Gear to Police

Lagos Food Hubs Generate Billions, Transform Food Distribution Across State

Nigerian, US Troops Kill Senior Islamic State Commander In Lake Chad

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