Tag: East Africa

Ugandan economy faces headwinds as business conditions weaken Christopher Legilisho-Economist at Stanbic Bank Kampala, Uganda – Uganda’s private sector experienced a decline in business conditions in January, marking a slow start to 2025. The Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 49.5 in January, down...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in the African Region to achieve this significant milestone. Countries that previously received WHO validation for trachoma elimination are...

During the pandemic, underage pregnancies soared in Uganda with a 366.5% increase in girls aged 10-14 becoming pregnant.1 The north in particular, has suffered a tragic level of child sexual abuse and incest – which many claim is caused by a legacy of a 20-year civil...

President Yoweri Museveni condemned the misuse of force in a situation that undermines all progress made through dialogue over the last many months in Sudan.Museveni revealed this at an emergency virtual closed meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member Heads of State and...

Known for its coral reefs and beautiful beaches, Seychelles, a tropical paradise located off the coast of east Africa, is visited by thousands of tourists. Yet, beyond the country’s multi-million dollar tourist industry, BBC Africa Eye shines a light on its heroin epidemic. In a...

Mozambique has kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720 000 people in eight districts as the country steps up control measures against an outbreak in which 5260 cases and 37 deaths have been recorded to date since September 2022. People aged one year...

Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for the viral haemorrhagic fever. Equatorial Guinean health authorities sent samples to...

Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30% of the total caseload reached in the whole of 2022. An estimated 26...

Hope of finding work is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Among nearly 2,200 interviewees, one-quarter of voluntary recruits cited job opportunities as...

African Health Ministers and international partners are uniting in a pledge to end AIDS in children. Concerned by the stalling of progress for children, and the widening gap between children and adults, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO and partners have brought together a global alliance to ensure...