Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since 2000, while more than 500 million children have been protected through routine immunisation programmes.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa has warned that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is likely to place additional strain on health systems across the continent, particularly as many African countries rely heavily on imported medical supplies, fuel and essential commodities.

The attempted murder case involving Bellarmine Mugabe, son of Zimbabwe’s late former President Robert Mugabe, and co‑accused Tobias Matonhodze resumes on Friday in the Alexandra Regional Court, north of Johannesburg, South Africa (SA).

The war between Ukraine and Russia has displaced more than eight million people outside Ukraine, with the true scale of destruction and human suffering still under‑reported, Ukraine’s Ambassador to South Africa (SA), Olexander Scherba, has warned.