Africa Health Report

The Festival Fear Could Not Stop—But Hunger Might New yam festival

The Festival Fear Could Not Stop—But Hunger Might

Oluwafunbi Bello July 22, 2026

KWARA, Nigeria- The talking drums still echoed through Oja Obada as dancers celebrated, hunters fired ceremonial gunshots...

‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis Conflict, Banditry and Funding Cuts Leave 17 Million Facing Starvation

Conflict, Banditry and Funding Cuts Leave 17 Million Facing Starvation

‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis

Hussaini Ibrahim July 19, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – For millions of families across northern Nigeria, hunger is no longer driven by drought...

Lagos Flooding Set to Raise Vegetable Prices Flooded vegetable farms in Ojo, Lagos State.

Lagos Flooding Set to Raise Vegetable Prices

Mirian Gom July 19, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria — Vegetable prices in Lagos are expected to rise in the coming weeks after flooding...

Yobe Approves ₦73.3bn for Food Security Projects Governor Mai Mala Buni presiding over the Yobe State Executive Council meeting in Damaturu.

Yobe Approves ₦73.3bn for Food Security Projects

Hussaini Ibrahim July 17, 2026

DAMATURU, Nigeria – The Yobe food security projects have received a major boost after the State Executive...

Nigeria, Morocco Sign Agriculture Intelligence Partnership Shettima Commissions Karu Roads in Abuja

Nigeria, Morocco Sign Agriculture Intelligence Partnership

Korede Abdullah July 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria is set to strengthen food security and modernise agricultural planning through a National...

Reps Advance Nigeria Nutrition Council Bill Nigerian Senate reacting to rising school abductions and insecurity

Reps Advance Nigeria Nutrition Council Bill

Mirian Gom July 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Nutrition Council has passed second reading in...

From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability Dried and packed paste tomatoes

From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability

Oluwatobi Adu July 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Before sunrise, the first queues forming in Abuja’s bustling markets are no longer for...

From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic? Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

Delegates attend the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, France, discussing disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, climate-related health risks and global health security.

From Lyon to Lagos: Can One Health Stop Africa’s Next Pandemic?

Korede Abdullah June 13, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The next pandemic may not begin in a hospital ward. It could emerge from...

Nigeria, Denmark Seal Livestock Safety Pact Minister of Livestock Development Idi Mukhtar Maiha and Danish Ambassador Jens Ole Bach Hansen during the signing of the livestock safety pact in Abuja.