The World Health Organization’s latest situation report shows how food insecurity in the Greater Horn of Africa has become a combined nutrition, disease and health-system emergency. More than 37.8 million people are experiencing or projected to experience acute food insecurity across the countries covered by the response, while more than 4.9 million children are projected to suffer acute malnutrition.What WHO’s situation report showsWHO classifies the crisis as a Grade 2 emergency affecting six countries across its African and Eastern Mediterranean...

African telecommunications leaders have backed the Abuja Declaration on Meaningful Connectivity, placing affordability, digital skills and usable access alongside network coverage. The shift matters because a signal alone does not allow people to learn online, use digital public services or participate safely in the AI economy.What meaningful connectivity changesTraditional connectivity targets often focus on whether infrastructure reaches a location. Meaningful connectivity asks harder questions: can people afford devices and data, do services meet their needs, and do they have the...

African Union member states have adopted the 2026 Luanda Declaration on the African Blue Economy, shifting the continental conversation from broad strategy toward deadlines, financing mechanisms and measurable delivery. For governments and development organizations, the declaration creates a practical agenda linking oceans, rivers and lakes to jobs, food security, climate resilience and regional trade. What the Luanda Declaration commits to Adopted on 24 July during the Third Africa Blue Economy Week, the declaration calls for national and regional blue-economy strategies...

NGO Funding Diversification Africa: Life After USAID NGO funding diversification in Africa has moved from a long-term strategic goal to an urgent operational necessity. For decades, USAID was the financial backbone of humanitarian and development work across the continent, channeling billions of dollars a year through NGOs, health programmes, and grassroots organizations. Its abrupt dismantling in 2025 didn’t just shrink a budget line — it forced an entire sector to relearn how it survives. Eighteen months on, the numbers tell...

20 Million Lives Saved, Yet Measles Is Resurging: The Split Story Public Health Teams Need to Understand Two measles headlines are true at the same time in 2026, and the gap between them is exactly what public health programme designers need to understand. The WHO’s African regional office confirmed that nearly 20 million measles deaths have been averted across Africa since 2000 through vaccination — one of public health’s genuine success stories. At the same moment, outbreak trackers are logging...