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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Welcomes Pandemic Fund’s US0m Support for Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Response

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Welcomes Pandemic Fund’s US$220m Support for Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak Response

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 8, 2026/APO Group/ — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (www.AfricaCDC.org) has welcomed a US$220.6 million emergency financing package from the Pandemic Fund to support efforts to contain the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak and protect at-risk countries across Central and Eastern Africa. The financing will facilitate implementation of…

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Ex-humanitarian affairs minister, Sadiya Farouq, asks court to vacate arrest warrant

Ex-humanitarian affairs minister, Sadiya Farouq, asks court to vacate arrest warrant

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A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, on Monday asked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to set aside an arrest warrant issued against her. The court had on April 16 granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to arraign Farouq alongside a former Permanent Secretary…

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ExxonMobil and National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa interactive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Showcase and a Jr. NBA Clinic

ExxonMobil and National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa interactive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Showcase and a Jr. NBA Clinic

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LUANDA, Angola, June 8, 2026/APO Group/ — On June 2, ExxonMobil and NBA Africa (www.Africa.NBA.com) held an interactive STEM Showcase and a Jr. NBA clinic for 100 boys and girls ages 16 and under at the Instituto Politécnico Industrial de Luanda (IPIL) as part of the ongoing third season of the ExxonMobil Jr. NBA League in…

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