Human Services

A top World Food Program (WFP) official has urged Zimbabwe and surrounding countries to increase food production in light of the Russia-Ukraine war that has caused shortages and a spike in food prices.WFP Southern Africa Director Menghestab Haile told …

KINSHASA— At least 15 asylum seekers were killed late Monday in a new attack by militiamen of the rebel group “Congo Economic Development Cooperative” (CODECO) in a camp for displaced people (IDP) in the Djugu territory of the Ituri province, in northe…

At least 14 people were killed in an overnight attack on a displaced persons camp in east Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the latest violence in an area overrun by militants, the army and a civil society leader said on Tuesday.Rebels rai…

A protestor has been killed by Sudanese security forces during a rally against the military government in Khartoum on Thursday, medics said.According to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, the unidentified victim was “run over by an armoured veh…

A third Ebola case has been identified in Democratic Republic of Congo’s city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization said.The patient is a 48-year-old man believed to be a “high-risk” contact of the first Ebola patient identified in the DRC’s lates…

Kenya’s Marsabit county is one of the country’s popular tourist attractions, but unrest generated by ethnic conflicts in the region is paralyzing economic activities, said Nuno Galma, a driver in the town.”My business is affected whenever the bandits a…

Introduction There are concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuation of essential health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health country collaborations, anal…