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Africa CDC warns of rising cholera cases in refugee camps
Peoples Gazette
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August 29, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has raised concern over rising cholera outbreaks in Chad and other conflict-affected countries, stressing that humanitarian crises fuel the spread of disease across borders. The deputy incident...
Homowo: Cultural catalyst for unity, community mental health
Graphic
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August 27, 2025
The Ga people, indigenous to the Greater Accra Region, trace their origins to present-day Nigeria before settling along the Gulf of Guinea and founding Ga Mashie — Accra’s historic heart. Songs such as "Wogb3 jek3-woj3shon" echo the origins of the...
Conakry Youth Declaration: Ghanaian Youth Activists Present Bold Demands to Government
News Ghana
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August 26, 2025
Two dynamic young women, Benedicta, a member of Plan International Ghana’s Youth Advisory Panel, and Shirley, from Plan International Ghana Alumni Network, have boldly presented the Conakry Youth Declaration to Ghana’s Minister for Youth...
Youth activists present Conakry Declaration with bold demands to government
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 26, 2025
By Seraphine Nyuiemedi Two dynamic young women, Benedicta, a member of Plan International Ghana’s Youth Advisory Panel, and Shirley, from the Plan International Ghana Alumni Network, have boldly presented the Conakry Youth Declaration to Ghana’s...
ECOWAS Partners With Guinea To Combat GBV And Sexual Harassment
News Ghana
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August 25, 2025
ECOWAS AND THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA ENHANCE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT THROUGH NATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP The ECOWAS Gender Development Center (EGDC), in partnership with the Ministry for the Promotion of...
Guinea: At least 15 people killed in a landslide on the outskirts of Conakry
Sada Elbalad
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August 22, 2025
Fri 22 Aug 2025 | 11:46 AM At least 15 people were killed and 10 others were injured in a landslide in the town of Mania, on the outskirts of the Guinean capital, Conakry, following heavy rains. The National Agency for Emergency and Humanitarian...
Africa CDC, WHO Launch Cholera Response As Mpox Trends Shift
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 29, 2025
News Investigators/ Africa CDC, in partnership with WHO and 28 partners, have launched the Continental Cholera Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan 1.0, signalling renewed continental action against cholera. Yap Boum, Deputy Incident Manager...
DNDi wins prestigious Japan prize for medical services
Star
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Prof Samuel Kariuki, DNDi Continental Lead Africa & Eastern Africa Director, with former director Dr Monique Wasunna, currently the DNDi Africa Ambassador.The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a non-profit medical research...
Newmont donates over $42.2m worth of essential medical supplies and equipment to health facilities in 36 countries
MyJoyOnline
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August 20, 2025
International mining giant Newmont, as part of measures to improve healthcare delivery among its host communities, has donated over $42.2 million worth of essential medical supplies and equipment to health facilities in 36 countries. The...
Homowo: Cultural catalyst for unity, community mental health
Graphic
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August 20, 2025
The Ga people, indigenous to the Greater Accra Region, trace their origins to present-day Nigeria before settling along the Gulf of Guinea and founding Ga Mashie — Accra’s historic heart. Songs such as "Wogb3 jek3-woj3shon" echo the origins of the...
GLOBALink | Clinical TCM training program for African medical staff concludes in Shanxi, China
Xinhua News Agency
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"We met very great teachers, professors." A clinical training program on Traditional Chinese Medicine for medical staff from seven African countries, including Guinea, Burkina Faso and Cameroon, concluded on Tuesday in Taiyuan, north China's...
Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization
Panapress
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August 14, 2025
14 august 2025 - 13:27:50 MA 474 Views Panafrican News Agency Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organisation (WHO),...
A city slicker’s fix: Resuscitation in the centre of Cape Town
The Citizen (South Africa)
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August 29, 2025
Since living in Knysna, I have only made flying visits to the Cape area, not actually the centre of town, so a trip to Cape Town’s Hippo Boutique hotel right in the heart of Cape Town was just what the doctor prescribed for my rust malaise. I...
Guinea’s President Doumbouya Makes Surprise Visit to Higher Education Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office
The Fatu Network
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August 12, 2025
- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, who has led the country since deposing Alpha Condé in September 2021 and whose new cabinet was sworn in on July 31, made a surprise visit on Monday to the...
TANGO AGM calls for renewed civic advocacy amid growing challenges
The Point
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From shrinking civic space and limited funding to political polarisation and administrative bottlenecks, the challenges facing civil society actors are mounting. Yet, speakers at the event remained optimistic, urging member organisations to...
NCDC reports drop in Lassa fever cases, increase in fatality rate
Peoples Gazette
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August 27, 2025
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in the new Lassa fever cases across the country, but warned that the fatality rate remains alarmingly high. The NCDC, via its official website, said the remark in...
‘Sparking Android’ Ravages Soul Clinic
Liberian Observer
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— More young people are dying from the deadly illicit substance A wave of tragedy has struck Kemah Town, Soul Clinic Community in Paynesville City after the reported circulation of a lethal street drug known locally as “Sparking Android,” struck...
Kutumela the catalyst in SA’s thrilling win over stubborn Guinea
Daily News Tanzania
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August 13, 2025
KAMPALA: SOUTH Africa’s Thabiso Kutumela delivered a performance of pure class in Bafana Bafana’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Guinea — a match that reaffirmed his place as the heartbeat of this CHAN campaign. The Richards Bay FC midfielder was...
Medicines that kill
Next is Africa
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It's a daily scourge that is quietly gaining ground, growing and worsening year by year. Between coups d'état, wars, terrorism, droughts and other distressing events plaguing the continent, no-one seems to be paying much attention to it. Yet drug...
Bafana Gafana edge Guinea in nail-biting clash
Daily News Tanzania
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August 12, 2025
SOUTH AFRICA: A well-executed tactical approach and a clinical performance in front of goal saw South Africa edge past a resilient Guinea 2-1 in an intense Group Stage clash at the Mandela Stadium in the CHAN 2024, with Thabiso Kutumela emerging...