
Zimbabwe has formally withdrawn from negotiations on a proposed $350 million health funding agreement with the United States after President Emmerson Mnangagwa directed...
ByWest Africa WeeklyFebruary 25, 2026As Nigeria’s healthcare system continues to strain under chronic underinvestment, fresh disclosures that only a tiny fraction of the 2025 health capital budget...
ByWest Africa WeeklyFebruary 12, 2026The sudden death of fast-rising Nigerian singer Ifunanya following a snakebite in Abuja has reopened painful questions about Nigeria’s health system, particularly its...
ByWest Africa WeeklyFebruary 2, 2026Multi-level marketing (MLM) companies operating in Nigeria, including well-known names such as Neolife, Forever Living, Longrich, DXN, and Edmark, are facing criticism amid...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 16, 2025The National Guard of Niger (GNN) launched a major blood donation campaign to help meet the country’s urgent medical needs. The initiative took...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 13, 2025President Assimi Goïta has unveiled an ambitious national initiative to transform Mali’s healthcare system. Launched on November 10, 2025, the Presidential Emergency Hospital...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 12, 2025Burkina Faso has officially launched its Emergency Medical Assistance Service (SAMU) in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, marking a significant step forward in strengthening...
ByWest Africa WeeklyNovember 10, 2025Not less than 58 people have died and more than 250 others have been infected following an outbreak of cholera in Bauchi State,...
ByOluwasegun SanusiSeptember 22, 2025Life in Nigeria is becoming unbearable. Prices are climbing every day, fake goods have taken over the markets, and families are being forced...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 21, 2025From Geneva to Seattle to Washington D.C., powerful institutions are pouring billions into Africa’s reproductive health sector. Their mission, they say, is to...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 9, 2025The House of Representatives Committee on Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised concerns over what it described as unequal enforcement measures...
ByOluwasegun SanusiAugust 1, 2025Nurses under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector (NANNM-FHI) have commenced a seven-day...
ByOluwasegun SanusiJuly 30, 2025