Africa Health Report

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn

Oluwatobi Adu May 25, 2026

KAMPALA, Uganda – African health leaders and international partners have warned that more than $300 million may...

Nigeria on High Ebola Alert as NCDC Activates Emergency Response Nationwide Nisa Premier Hospital Abuja where suspected viral fever case was tested

Nisa Premier Hospital Abuja where suspected viral fever case was tested

Nigeria on High Ebola Alert as NCDC Activates Emergency Response Nationwide

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has activated nationwide emergency surveillance systems and placed health authorities on high alert...

NEMA Takes Flood Alert Campaign to Kebbi as Rainy Season Threat Grows NEMA Intensifies Flood Preparedness Campaign in Kebbi Ahead of Peak Rainy Season

NEMA Intensifies Flood Preparedness Campaign in Kebbi Ahead of Peak Rainy Season

NEMA Takes Flood Alert Campaign to Kebbi as Rainy Season Threat Grows

Oluwafunbi Bello May 25, 2026

KEBBI, Nigeria – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has intensified flood preparedness campaigns in Kebbi State...

Windstorm Rips Through Six Sokoto Communities, Leaves Families Homeless NEMA officials in one of the affected communities

Windstorm Rips Through Six Sokoto Communities, Leaves Families Homeless

Oluwafunbi Bello May 25, 2026

SOKOTO, Nigeria – Hundreds of residents across six communities in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State...

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not...

Kano Police Bust Interstate Car Theft Syndicate, Recover Three Vehicles Recovered stolen vehicles displayed by Kano State Police Command after syndicate bust

Recovered stolen vehicles displayed by Kano State Police Command after syndicate bust

Kano Police Bust Interstate Car Theft Syndicate, Recover Three Vehicles

Hussaini Ibrahim May 24, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Police Command says it has dismantled an interstate car theft syndicate...

Zaria Hospital Repairs 2,000 Fistula Cases in 27 Years Zaria Hospital Repairs 2,000 Obstetric Fistula Cases

Zaria Hospital Repairs 2,000 Fistula Cases in 27 Years

Mirian Gom May 24, 2026

ZARIA, Nigeria – The Hajiya Gambo Sawaba General Hospital Fistula Centre says it has successfully repaired more...

Eid Rush Gridlock Hits Abuja-Kaduna Highway as FRSC Issues Diversion

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Road Safety Corps has advised motorists travelling along the Abuja–Kaduna Highway to...

NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman With 31kg Synthetic Cannabis NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman Over 31kg Cannabis

NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman With 31kg Synthetic Cannabis

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 24, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese national, Ting Hung...

Congo Suspends Bunia Flights as Ebola Crisis Deepens Across Borders Health workers responding to Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo