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Babies in Danger as Bolivia’s Capital Faces Critical Oxygen Shortage

Kingsley Oyong Akam6 June 2026

La Paz, Bolivia — Newborn babies at a maternity hospital in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, faced a critical oxygen shortage on Thursday as weeks of anti-government road blockades continued to disrupt the delivery of essential supplies to the city. Medical staff warned that infants receiving intensive care treatment could be placed in grave danger if...

Two Killed as Protests Over US Ebola Facility Rock Kenya, Court Upholds Suspension

Kingsley Oyong Akam2 June 2026

NAIROBI – A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests in which two people were killed, and ordered the government to disclose its agreement with Washington. The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base in central Kenya for Americans exposed to the...

US Ebola Quarantine Project Triggers Mass Protests in Kenya

Kingsley Oyong Akam1 June 2026

NAIROBI – Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest plans by the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there, residents told Reuters. The demonstrations came days after the High Court ordered the government to temporarily suspend the project....

World No Tobacco Day: Climate Reporters Raise Alarm Over Cigarette Waste Pollution

Amos Mathew31 May 2026

Science and environmental journalists under the African Climate Reporters have raised concerns over the growing environmental pollution caused by discarded cigarette filters and cigarette packs, warning that the waste is threatening farmlands, water bodies, and public spaces across communities. The group made the observation in a statement issued on Sunday to mark World No Tobacco...

London Hospital Opens UK’s First Rooftop Intensive Care Ward

Kingsley Oyong Akam31 May 2026

LONDON, United Kingdom – King’s College Hospital has opened the United Kingdom’s first rooftop garden designed specifically for critical care patients, offering a unique outdoor rehabilitation space aimed at improving recovery and wellbeing. The pioneering facility welcomed its first patient, 29-year-old Hollie Allan, on Thursday, May 28. Allan, who relies on feeding tubes, described the...

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Rising Cost of Sanitary Pads Worsening Period Poverty, Stakeholders Warn

Amos Mathew31 May 2026

Stakeholders in Kaduna State have called for the establishment of pad banks in schools as part of efforts to address period poverty and ensure that girls do not miss classes due to a lack of sanitary products. The call was made during the commemoration of the 2026 World Menstrual Hygiene Day with the theme, “Together...

EBOLA: Uganda Shuts Border With DR Congo to Stop Ebola Spread

Kingsley Oyong Akam28 May 2026

NAIROBI– Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda’s government said on Wednesday. The border will be closed for four weeks, except for Ebola response teams, humanitarian and security operations, and food and cargo transport, senior health official Diana Atwine...

Ebola Patients on the Run After Violent Attacks on Congo Clinics

Kingsley Oyong Akam26 May 2026

BUNIA – Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly. At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri, where...

Sudan’s Food Crisis Deepens as Iran Conflict Drives Up Farming Costs

Kingsley Oyong Akam25 May 2026

OMDURMAN, Sudan,– Farmers across Sudan say the hike in global fuel and fertiliser costs resulting from the Iran conflict will force them to cut back on planting this summer, restricting food production in a country where war has caused acute hunger. Eight farmers from different parts of Sudan, as well as experts working in the...

Policewoman, Pedestrian Killed as Truck Rams Into Busy Gombe Market Area

Rita Eze24 May 2026

Tragedy struck on Wednesday, May 21, at about 12:00 p.m. along the busy Gombe–Yola Federal Highway near the New Mile 3 Market in Gombe after a heavy-duty DAF truck loaded with bags of grain reportedly lost control and crashed into a crowded commercial area, killing a female police officer and an unidentified male pedestrian. The...

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