emergency

The United States has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave South Sudan as violence escalates, threatening an already fragile peace agreement. Recent clashes have raised concerns about the stability of the 2018 peace deal…

The inaugural sub-continent (West Africa) cohort of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery (PHEPRR) Fellowship Programme has graduated after completing an intensive eight-month hybrid training. The Fellowship was…

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft bound for New York made an emergency stop due to a technical incident at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal, the West African nation's transport ministry said. The pilot was able to…

Haitian government declared a state of emergency and night-time curfew late, in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons. The…

Ethiopia's parliament has extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency in the northern region of Amhara that has resulted in hundreds of deaths and drawn accusations of widespread human rights…

A state of humanitarian emergency has been announced in the Republic of Congo, following flooding caused by heavy rains that's been pouring for over a month. The government also announced the release of an emergency fund estimated at 4…

Zimbabwe has declared 17th November a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some 1.5 million people has been badly hit by an outbreak of the disease that has affected all provinces of…

Senegal's President Macky Sall has ordered emergency measures to be taken to stem the growing flow of migrants taking to canoes to reach Europe, his office said. Mr Sall asked the government "to take emergency security, economic,…

Ethiopian Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify between regional forces and the military. The prime minister’s office announced the…

The Oyo State Government has introduced ambulance services and deployed emergency lines to address unforeseen health circumstances in the state, during the election period. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr M.…