Africa

The EAC Ministers of Health have formed a Regional Technical Taskforce to synchronize screening protocols at all border entry points to combat the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Backed by a EUR 1 million fund from Germany’s KfW, the partner states are deploying mobile laboratories to containing zones across Uganda and the DRC.

An Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft has delivered 43 tonnes of emergency medical and diagnostic kits to Entebbe Airport to bolster the Africa CDC's regional Ebola response. Handed over by High Commissioner Upender Singh Rawat, the supplies will be forwarded via Uganda's NMS to support the active Bundibugyo Ebola virus intervention in the DRC.

An Ethiopian delegation of media creators, travel professionals, and investors has concluded a ten-day familiarization tour of Uganda’s premier conservation and cultural sites. Organized by the Uganda Embassy in Addis Ababa, the strategic tourism diplomacy initiative aims to trigger intra-African travel and unlock fresh trade partnerships between the two historical nations.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the European Union to back Africa’s industrialization, warning that exporting raw materials stunts the continent's economic potential. Meeting EU Ambassador H.E. Jan Sadek at State House Entebbe during the Golden Jubilee partnership celebrations, the President called for joint investments in value addition, while the EU envoy showcased top-selling Kisoro coffee as a prime example of successful trade evolution.

African policymakers and development experts have called for urgent reforms to help Africa's growing youth population drive economic transformation and job creation.

Regional health ministers have adopted an urgent 11-point joint action plan at Munyonyo to contain the Ebola outbreak. The cross-border intervention follows an announcement by the Ministry of Health confirming that Uganda's total cases have risen to five, including a local health worker and a driver.

The 14th EAC command post exercise, Ushirikiano Imara, has concluded in Nairobi. Under the leadership of Kenya's Defence Secretary Soipan Tuya and regional army chiefs, military and civilian teams from five nations successfully unified their counter-terrorism and disaster response systems.

The World Health Organization says Africa’s health workforce continues to fall short of demand despite increased training and recruitment across the continent.