Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 14, 2025(News )One year since World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), African countries have scaled up response measures and made progress to curb the spread of the virus.
From Poetry to Policy: RC Mohamed Fall and Maryam Bukar-Hassan on Culture, Youth, and Peace
Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 12, 2025(Story )In Nigeria, youth are in the driver’s seat when it comes to sustainable development and peace.
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 08, 2025(News )The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone.
Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 08, 2025(News )In Burkina Faso, improving access to obstetric care is a major strategic focus in the efforts to curb maternal mortality.
No Coast, No Limits: How Landlocked Countries are Turning Barriers into Bridges
Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 06, 2025(Story )For nearly a billion people living in landlocked countries, every journey to the outside world is a long one.
As hunger soars in northeastern Nigeria, WFP funds dry up
Stories & Blogs WFPAug 05, 2025(Story )Without urgent donations, 1.3 million people risk losing food assistance
Africa speaks out: WHO consultations bring urgency and hope to health worker migration crisis.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 04, 2025(News )From Praia to Port Louis, governments and health professionals are sounding the alarm: Africa is losing too many of its trained health workers to international migration
Africa is Setting the Table: Will the World Show Up?
Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 01, 2025(Story )Following the recent UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4), DCO Regional Director for Africa Yacoub El-Hillo, reflects on Africa’s readiness to lead the transformation towards food sovereignty and the urgent call for global investment to match tha
Emergency food assistance grinds to a halt in Nigeria amid surging insecurity and record hunger
Stories & Blogs WFPJul 23, 2025(News )Without immediate funding, millions of vulnerable people will face impossible choices: endure increasingly severe hunger, migrate, or possibly risk exploitation by extremist groups in the region.
Millions risk losing access to humanitarian food assistance amid funding slowdown in South Sudan
Stories & Blogs WFPJul 22, 2025(News )Half the population of South Sudan – 7.7 million people – are facing severe hunger.