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Organ Trafficking Probe Heats Up After Hospitals Disclose Secret Details of Foreign Nationals
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 29, 2025
Mediheal Group of Hospitals and two other facilities are currently under investigation for illegal organ harvesting. This probe began after it was discovered that foreign patients had received organ transplants paid for by the now-defunct National...
UN Seeks $1.42B for Somalia Humanitarian Aid in 2025
teleSUR
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August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025 Hour: 2:57 pm The United Nations said it requires $1.42 billion to increase humanitarian actions in Somalia, where 5.98 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2025. Launching its 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response...
IS Somalia Final Stand; Egypt-Ethiopia Rivalry in Somalia: Africa File, August 28, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Key Takeaways: Somalia—IS Somalia. US-supported Somali forces are encountering strong resistance as they try to clear IS Somalia Province’s intricate and well-defended cave complexes in northern Somalia’s Puntland region. The ongoing operations...
Emotional Burdens: Mental Health Challenges for Mogadishu Nurses
Bioengineer.org
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August 28, 2025
In the bustling city of Mogadishu, Somalia, a profound crisis is unfolding that demands urgent attention. The frontline workers tasked with caring for the vulnerable populations—the nurses—are grappling with a silent epidemic of mental health...
University of Somalia’s 19th convocation showcases resurgence of higher learning
Star
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Somalia Education Minister Minister Farah Abdikadir makes his speech at the Convocation ceremony of the University of Somalia (UNISO) in Mogadishu/HANDOUT Somalia’s Education Minister, Farah Abdikadir, has hailed the growth of higher education as...
Aid cuts are putting emergency nutrition programmes in Africa at risk
Africanews
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August 28, 2025
Save the Children said that aid cuts are putting the lives of people in Africa at risk with severely malnourished youngsters the most vulnerable. It reports that at least four countries - Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan - are expected to...
Army surgeon from Battle of Mogadishu promotes carrying whole blood on ambulances
EMS1 - Texas
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August 27, 2025
By Dolly A. Butz Sioux City Journal SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A former Army trauma surgeon who provided life-saving care to soldiers during the Battle of Mogadishu, which inspired the movie “Black Hawk Down,” was in Sioux City last week promoting an...
Knowledge Level and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals Regarding Patient Safety in a Tertiary Hospital in Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dove Medical Press
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August 27, 2025
Background Patient safety is a fundamental component of healthcare quality and encompasses the organized activities, cultures, procedures, behaviors, technologies, and environments that consistently lower healthcare risks, reduce avoidable harm,...
Africa faces therapeutic food shortage for children as aid cuts bite — Report
New National Star
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August 29, 2025
Millions of malnourished children across Africa could be cut off from life-saving food within three months due to global aid cuts, a report released Thursday by Save the Children warned. The report said at least four countries, Nigeria, Kenya,...
Africa urged to prioritize domestic financing for Noncommunicable Diseases
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 26, 2025
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have emerged as one of the leading causes of death across Africa, posing a serious threat to already fragile health systems. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that NCDs account for 74% of global deaths...
Mahlangu Johannes: South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya dies while heading to hospital
TUKO
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August 26, 2025
The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation revealed the circumstances that led to the demise of Johannes Mahlangu The minister issued a statement detailing Mahlangu's service to South Africans and on the global stage The Parliament of...
NAP EXPO 2025 INSPIRES CLIMATE ADAPTATION AMBITION
Daily Nation
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August 29, 2025
…As TRALARD showcases its best adaptation actions that contribute to the implementation of Zambia’s NAP By SIMON MUNTEMBA THE escalating impacts of climate-induced disasters are devastating vulnerable communities especially in the least developed...
Top Envoy Dies En Route to Hospital
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 26, 2025
South African High Commissioner to Kenya, Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, has died after a short illness while being rushed to hospital in South Africa. In a statement, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola,...
African health leaders push for domestic financing to tackle NCD crisis
Star
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Dr Jackson Otieno, AFIDEP's Senior Research and Policy Analyst at the Cross-Country Learning Workshop on Financing Noncommunicable Diseases African health leaders, policymakers, and experts meeting in Nairobi have urged governments to prioritise...
Nigeria News13 minutes ago ‘Somalia, Sudan Will Be Child’s Play If Hunger Crisis Explodes In Nigeria’ – Mahdi Shehu Human rights activist and public commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has raised alarm over what he described as the worsening state of hunger in N…
Naija News
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August 25, 2025
Human rights activist and public commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has raised alarm over what he described as the worsening state of hunger in Nigeria, blaming decades of bad leadership for the country’s dire economic and social condition. In a statement...
The Detached Cruelty of Air Power
Antiwar
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August 29, 2025
The one thing you can say about Donald Trump in his second term in office is that, whatever he may be doing at home, he’s not fighting any wars abroad, right? Well, actually, wrong! Yes, American ground troops are no longer actively fighting wars...
Four African states running out of special food for starving children
SABC News
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August 29, 2025
At least four African countries will run out of specialised life-saving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said on Thursday. Supplies were getting dangerously low...
289 Palestinians, including 115 children, die of starvation: Gaza health ministry
The Express Tribune
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August 24, 2025
Health Ministry in Gaza said on Sunday that 289 Palestinians, including 115 children, have died of starvation amid the ongoing famine crisis in the enclave. Munir al-Bursh, director of the ministry, told Al Jazeera that the situation required a...
OAMs celebrated for service to community
Bundaberg Now
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August 29, 2025
Mayor Helen Blackburn and Councillors attend a morning tea for the region’s recent OAM recipients, An emergency services veteran, a retired military officer, a marine rescue volunteer, a cardiologist and a community advocate were recently honoured...
world 4 African states running out of special food for starving children, aid group says
Asiaone
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August 29, 2025
NAIROBI — At least four African countries will run out of specialised life-saving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said on Thursday (Aug 28). Supplies were...