Scientists in Masaka have started a first human trial of a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain behind Congo's outbreak. Congo itself starts a larger trial this month.
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Twenty teams from every region, a monthly wage of about $300 for selected players and a promise of 1,000 jobs. How it fits with the football federation is unclear.
Nigeria’s National Orientation Agency (NOA) launched a nationwide campaign in Abuja on October 15, 2026, to mobilise citizens ahead of the 2027 general elections. The initiative urges Nigerians to reject voter apathy, vote-buying and electoral violence while promoting peaceful and credible elections.
Parliamentary elections are set for 15 April and the presidential vote for 15 May. Voter registration reopens on 1 November.
Scientists in Masaka have started a first human trial of a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain behind Congo's outbreak. Congo itself starts a larger trial this month.
After congratulations from Ramaphosa and Hichilema, Rwanda's president said he wants other African countries to help make the Formula One race a continental success.
The Cartier owner is in talks to join a consortium led by a former De Beers chief. Botswana, which owns 15%, has the right of first refusal.
Flame and Game, backed by R1.5 million from the Western Cape's tourism fund, will add ten jobs and buy from local game farmers, growers and wine farms.
Nearly 3,000 children under five died of diarrhoea, flu and pneumonia in 2024. On Global Handwashing Day, the government asked parents and teachers to make clean hands a habit.
After Nigeria and Ghana, the festival comes to New Cairo from 6 to 8 November, with more than 200 investors and entrepreneurs from 70 countries.
The 47th Cairo International Film Festival runs from 11 to 20 November. Morocco's Nabil Ayouch chairs the main jury, and 850 young filmmakers will take part in its industry days.
Egypt produces 20% of the world's dates and has planted the world's largest date farm. At the festival in Siwa, the government set out how to earn more from every harvest.
More than 250,000 children eat at school in 335 schools. In one village enrolment has nearly doubled, and the food is bought from local farmers.
Donors say they paid out $962 million; a joint check found just over $200 million reached the groups running the response. Fewer than 30% of partners came to account for it.
Donors have pledged $2.9bn for the outbreak in DR Congo. Africa CDC is backing Kinshasa's demand that every organisation report what it received and spent.
Nigeria's leading music awards will be held over two days in Canada instead of on 23 October.
The anti-trafficking agency says each returnee will be assessed. It has not said how many were victims and how many were willing participants.
More than 500 people the US could not return home have been flown to African states instead, Human Rights Watch says. The US Supreme Court hears the case in December.
Petrol prices continue to worry families and motorists in Nigeria as transport costs put pressure on household budgets. In Abuja, the Nigerian capital, petrol prices remain a key concern for consumers hoping for lasting relief.
South Africa's only science park inside an industrial zone hosts Science Minister Blade Nzimande on Friday, as the government looks for ways to turn research into products.
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