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Key points 7,200 Ebola cases and nearly 3,500 deaths were reported The outbreak spread across two time zones Insecurity, poor road conditions, and funding gaps hamper disaster response efforts Weekly cases have doubled in some parts of North Kivu “If we don’t have the resources, this epidemic will come back… it remains a deadly and massive epidemic,” stressed Julien Harneis, …

Following the lighting of the Torch of Unity for the 2026 Akwa Ibom State Sports Festival by His Excellency Pastor Umo Eno, PhD, the symbolic flame will begin its journey across the 31 local government areas of the state on Wednesday, September 16 and conclude on Saturday, September 19, ahead of the official opening ceremony of the games. According to …

“Madam, can you stop the armed groups? Can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?” Her plea reflects the reality facing children in Haiti, where violence has disrupted schools, upended families and made the simple act of going to class an act of courage. As children around the world return to school, the start of the year in …

Just 15 days into the new school year and already more than a thousand air raid warnings have been sounded across the country, or more than 100 times a day. “No one hears it louder and deeper than children,” said Ricardo Pires, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), speaking from outside the classroom door to journalists in Geneva. …

For 13 years, the Nigeria Pitch Awards has remained one of the most enduring platforms to recognize excellence in Nigerian football. At the center of its extraordinary journey is its founder and president, Dr. Shina Philips, an entrepreneur, FIFA-licensed football agent and sports administrator whose determination has kept the prestigious awards alive despite numerous challenges. Described as a man of …

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the “painstaking” recovery efforts raised serious questions about compliance with international law, and that war crimes may have been committed. Turkish Volker called so that investigators are given access to the area. Palestinian authorities say thousands of bodies remain buried under the rubble, but Israel has denied entry to …

Triggered by the collapse of the glacier, the August 26 floods affected more than 84,000 Nepalis – including around 32,000 children – and damaged vital roads, schools, electricity networks and water systems across the Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading regions of northern Nepal. Local authority report more than 1,300 people died and more than 5,000 people remain missing on the Nepal …

The Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has attributed the high price of petrol in Nigeria partly to the continued smuggling of the commodity to neighboring countries where it is sold at much higher prices. Dangote said petrol prices in neighboring countries are between 30 and 50 per cent higher than in Nigeria, arguing that the price difference creates …

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Ahead of the 2027 presidential elections in Nigeria, the Nigerian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, on Tuesday explained why it shifted its support from Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate Peter Obi to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group led by Leonard Kawas in an interview with Channels Television, said although they support Obi against Tinubu in …