WFP seeks $349M to support food aid in DRC through April 2026. Acute food insecurity may rise to 26.6M people amid ongoing conflict. Aid cuts forced WFP to scale back assistance from 2.3M to 600,000. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday, October 29, that it will need $349 million to fund its humanitarian operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through...

Tunisia to launch first fully digital hospital as part of health reform. Project includes AI diagnostics, telemedicine, and nationwide digital hospital network. Aims to improve care access, efficiency, and reduce urban-rural health disparities. Tunisia plans to open its first fully digital hospital to modernize healthcare delivery. The project was announced after President Kaïs Saïed...

Burkina Faso to integrate AI into healthcare to boost diagnostics and planning. Government to create Health Intelligence Center for data-driven medical decisions. Initiative targets staff shortages, access gaps, and rural healthcare connectivity. Burkina Faso’s ministries of Digital Transition and Health signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, to integrate...

African airlines saw 5.3% passenger traffic growth in September 2025, IATA reports. Regional capacity rose 5.1%, with load factor reaching 74.7%. Africa’s 2025 passenger traffic projected to hit 273 million, ACI says. In September 2025, African airlines recorded a 5.3 percent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic, while capacity rose by 5.1 percent, according to the latest data...

Chariot and ACWA Power sign MoU to explore energy projects in Southern Africa. Focus on renewables, storage, and gas-to-power for grids and industries. Plans remain exploratory; no binding deal or timeline confirmed yet. London-listed Chariot Energy Group announced on Thursday, October 30, that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi developer ACWA Power to explore the...

Morocco plans $3.13B in transport investments across air, rail, and logistics. High-speed rail to extend south; airport upgrades target rising passenger demand. 750 hectares of logistics zones aim to boost regional economic integration. Morocco’s Ministry of Transport and Logistics and the public institutions under its authority plan to mobilize nearly 29 billion dirhams...

Sany delivers first straddle carriers to Algeria’s port of Oran. Delivery part of 11-unit order to boost container handling capacity. Port upgrades support Algeria’s plan for trade growth and diversification. Chinese equipment manufacturer Sany announced on Wednesday the delivery of the first batch of 370 kW straddle carriers to the port of Oran in northern Algeria. According to...

With COP30 approaching, the International Renewable Energy Agency is calling for a global goal: to quadruple biofuel production and consumption by 2035. On October 27, Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), called for the upcoming COP summit to adopt a global target to quadruple the production and use of sustainable fuels by 2035. He said the...

The Security Council passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN's Western Sahara mission for one year. The text signals a major change in the way the United Nations will guide the effort to find a solution to the decades-long dispute. Meeting in New York on Friday, October 31, the United Nations Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western...

Recent strikes in Nigeria, the DRC, and Ghana highlight the chronic underfunding and workforce shortages undermining Africa’s healthcare sector, where reforms have yet to match the scale of the crisis. In late July 2025, Nigeria’s National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) launched a weeklong nationwide warning strike after a 15-day ultimatum demanding better working conditions...