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Assiel Ngarambe, CHUK’s longest serving morgue attendant, inside the hospital's morgue. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Health

CHUK’s longest-serving morgue attendant who dignifies the dead

Friday, December 20, 2024
Business people on their way to Goma town. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Rwanda

Rwanda-DR Congo border sees surge in people movement

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Dallaire Institute and University of Rwanda (UR) officials pose for a group during the launch of a short course on Wednesday, October 23, Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

Dallaire Institute, UR launch short course to advance Africa’s child protection

Friday, November 01, 2024
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Yvan Butera, receives a Marburg virus jab as the country rolled out a vaccination drive for front-line workers in Kigali on October 8, 2024. Courtesy photo

Global financial assistance is imperative to restore overburdened health systems

Friday, October 18, 2024
The just-concluded UN Summit of the Future 2024 underscores the importance of including Africa in the conversation on global governance reforms. Courtesy

Continentilisation and the evolving global order

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Children wash their hands to prevent the spread of Covid 19 at Groupe Scolaire Remera Catholique in 2021. Dan Nsengiyumva
Health

Schools prepared to thwart mpox spread as new academic year begins

Saturday, September 07, 2024
Mrs. Monica Geingos.
Africa

Ex-Namibia First Lady appointed Chancellor at Kepler College

Monday, August 19, 2024
Health workers conduct the Covid 19 mass testing exercise in Kigali July 23, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Editorial

Africa cannot continue to breed disease outbreaks

Friday, August 16, 2024
Mpox, a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus.
Health

Mpox ‘a crisis that demands our collective action’ – Africa CDC boss

Wednesday, August 14, 2024
The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Andrea Aguer Ariik Malueth, speaks, on Monday, July 29, during a technical meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda, to review the successes and challenges of the EAC Water Sanitation and Hygiene project. Malueth emphasised the importance of taking preventive measures to minimise the spread of Mpox.
Health

EAC urges increased public awareness to prevent spread of ‘deadly’ Monkeypox

Monday, July 29, 2024
A medic conducts Covid-19 vaccination exercise in Kigali in on August 3, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi

What is Africa’s role in the nearly failed global pandemic treaty

Monday, June 24, 2024
President Paul Kagame (center) breaks ground for BioNTech manufacturing plant in Kigali with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin in June 2022. It is Africa's first mRNA technology vaccines plant.

Africa’s pharma future: United we stand, divided we stall

Friday, June 21, 2024