The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become a global buzzword, but how much do we understand them? Adopted in 2015 by 193 United Nations member states, the SDGs aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and promote peace and prosperity by 2030. For …

Introduction With the acceleration of global aging, the United Nations (UN) predicts that by 2030, the global population of individuals aged 65 and older will reach 994 million, and by 2050, this figure is expected to rise to 1.6 billion.1 Concurrently, …

… , 59% of Malians, and 58% of Nigeriens gave the AU … like agriculture, economic development, health, and security. President of … good governance to intra-African trade and financial independence, … among equals). This wilful paralysis echoes down the line with …

By Yankuba Jallow, Justice correspondent In one of its first moves the Trump administration has frozen all government assistance programs across the world for 90 days. Though much remains unclear, the new administration has indicated most of those programs …

… UN Security Council—Algeria, Sierra Leone, and Somalia—condemned “ … Mali-Niger border and is increasing pressure on district capitals near the Burkina … Areas of Operation Across West Africa Source: Liam Karr. … https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/ …

DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness. The Mectizan Donation …

With only one mental health institution, the Tanka Tanka Psychiatric Hospital, serving a population of over 2.6 million people, the country faces a critical shortage of mental health care resources. Tanka Tanka Pyschiatic Hospital, which was formerly …

By: Malanding Darboe The UDP’s senior administrative secretary for media and communications Tombong Saidy has lamented that President Adama Barrow does not prioritize mental health despite the upsurge in the number of mental health cases in The Gambia. …

•165 million Nigerians need at least one care or the other • FG accused of ignoring NTD-affected communities in critical programme planning • 3,000 without multi-drug therapy as bureaucracy delays leprosy treatment • Eliminating tropical disease by 2030 …

Introduction Cash transfers to vulnerable households have long been a topic of debate among development practitioners. While these programmes hold significant potential for poverty alleviation, their success depends on careful implementation, with …