[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -Mental health services are lacking in Africa in general, with less than one mental health worker for every 100,000 people

[UNEP] Global investment in renewable energy hit USD 288.9 billion in 2018, with the amount spent on new capacity far exceeding the financial backing for new fossil fuel power, according to new figures published today.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -Climate change often impacts on water, which in turn can fuel clashes over diminishing resources and force people to migrate from their home areas

[Daily Maverick] Khartoum’s military leaders are shrugging off the pressure on them mainly because of support from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. And with sanctions against Sudan a distinct possibility, how will South Africa vote?

Lesotho is aiming to curb the spread of HIV in prisons by distributing condoms to inmates

[Cameroon Tribune] Both officials during an audience on June 14 discussed on how to support and strengthen the United Nations Office for Central Africa based in Gabon

[Cameroon Tribune] This was in the course of a question and answer session during the plenary sitting of the National Assembly chaired by the House Speaker, Cavaye Yeguié Djibril on June 14.

[Cameroon Tribune] The star-studded West African soccer giant have enough reasons to hope.

[Dalsan Radio] The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Bintou Keita, today concluded her five-day working visit to Somalia with a tour of Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubaland, to familiarise herself with developments taking place in the federal member state.

[RSF] Despite the pacification of its relations with neighboring Ethiopia, Eritrea is keeping a tight grip on news production. Ten years after its creation in Paris, Radio Erena, supported by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), remains the only voice that allows Eritreans to access to independent information.

GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300,000 people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June, complicating the tracing and treatment of patients at risk from Ebola, U.N. aid agencies said on Tuesday.

[Observer] ..Says African Development Bank

[Unicef] New York/Geneva -New report on inequalities in access to water, sanitation and hygiene also reveals more than half of the world does not have access to safe sanitation services.

[The Conversation Africa] Non-communicable diseases are the current leading cause of death worldwide. And the burden is increasingly shifting from developed to developing countries.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday – the biggest mass killing this year by Islamist militants.

[This Day] The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $38 billion as investment commitments to projects in Africa.