Monday, July 13, 2026

Africa

June 30, 2026

Africa may lose $3.6 billion to Ebola outbreak, says UN

A much smaller number of cases have been reported in Uganda and experts warn of the possibility of it spreading to other neighbours such as South Sudan.

Ebola patients’ body bag
June 30, 2026

Mahama approves $3.5 billion fund to boost Ghana’s oil production

Mr Mahama stated, “We have committed upstream players to invest more money to drill new wells to raise the volumes of oil and gas we are producing.”

John Mahama
June 30, 2026

ECOWAS extends humanitarian aid to persons of concern in Ghana

ECOWAS inaugurated four boreholes to improve access to clean water and sanitation in beneficiary communities.

ECOWAS
June 30, 2026

13 die as floods sweep communities in Ghana

Mr Mahama said preliminary information showed that approximately 140 millimetres of rain fell on Accra.

floods sweep communities in Ghana
June 30, 2026

Africa CDC targets $18 million funding for Ebola treatment trials in DRC

The agency announced that trials of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain would begin this week in Bunia.

Africa CDC
June 30, 2026

Right groups file complaint at ECOWAS court against Ghana for receiving 60 deportees from Trump govt

The complaint said the deportees told authorities they had been granted protections in the U.S.

U.S. Deportees to Ghana
June 30, 2026

PHOTOS: South Africa’s xenophobic protesters converge on Soweto, Johannesburg, Durban  

According to reports from local media outlets on Tuesday, shops were closed, and streets and commercial areas were less busy than on a typical weekday.

South Africa’s xenophobic protesters
June 30, 2026

More Nigerians evacuated from South Africa amid June 30 anti-immigrant protests

Another batch of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa arrived in Lagos on Tuesday as they were forced to flee widespread xenophobic attacks.

South Africans during June 30 protest
June 30, 2026

Xenophobia: Anti-immigrant protests hit South Africa as Nigerians, others flee country

Several anti-illegal immigration groups in South Africa have taken to the streets to protest against undocumented Black foreign nationals in the country.

Anti-immigrant protests
June 30, 2026

Togolese army deserters captured in Lagos: Civil Defence

Mr Abolurin disclosed that NSCDC operatives also apprehended two deserters from the Togolese army.

Armed female civil defence operatives