[allAfrica] Kigali, Rwanda -- Approximately five billion people in low-resource areas lack access to safe surgical services, risking catastrophic health expenses, with an estimated need for 143 million additional surgeries, particularly in resource-c...

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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo and several civil society, religious, and opposition leaders signed a "compromise agreement" on Wednesday, March 5, for an "inclusive national dialogue" in Maputo. However, opposition leade...

[MSF] Hepatitis E, tetanus and hepatitis B all pose significant but under-reported threats to the health and lives of women and girls, especially in low-income countries with limited access to healthcare. This can also mean life or death for their ba...

[RFI] A controversial mining deal between the DRC and China has come under the spotlight, as NGOs and civil society groups warn of financial losses and lack of transparency, one year after the 'contract of the century' was updated.

Angola said on Tuesday it would attempt to broker direct talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the coming days.

Uganda's military chief said his country had deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it" as tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar stoke fears of a return to civil war.

Fighters from a new jihadist group torched seven villages in northwest Nigeria over the weekend and killed 11 people in a revenge attack, a police spokesperson told AFP on Monday.

President Chapo has invited opposition leaders to enter a dialogue but has excluded opposition leader Mondlane, instead using violence against his supporters. Observers are doubtful about any real peacebuilding efforts.

South Sudan's president appealed for calm and pledged his country would "not go back to war", after a UN helicopter was attacked and a crew member killed on a rescue mission on Friday.

[RFI] A controversial mining deal between the DRC and China has come under the spotlight, as NGOs and civil society groups warn of financial losses and lack of transparency, one year after the 'contract of the century' was updated.

[New Times] Rwanda is making significant strides in the field of emerging technologies, with an ambitious plan to develop 50 artificial intelligence (AI) applications across various sectors in four years.

[New Times] During the Senate's tour of 15 districts, including 11 along the international borders, Sen. Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu was shocked when he detected a Genocide ideology case involving a 12-year-old pupil who claimed that he could identify...

[New Times] This week, Canada and Germany announced punitive measures against Rwanda, accusing it of supporting the AFC/M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo.

[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Ethiopia's President Taye Atske Selassie has received a message today sent from the President of Angola and the current African Union chairperson, João Lourenço.