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On 14 October 2026, the World Health Organization validated that Egypt has maintained its Gold Tier status on the path to eliminating hepatitis C. Egypt is the first country to keep this status. It first reached Gold Tier in 2023, after cutting hepatitis C prevalence from around 10% to under 0.38%.
Between January and September 2026, implementing partners cleared 14,066 items of explosive ordnance from Al-Sweihli Farm in Misratah, Libya. The UN Support Mission in Libya's Mine Action Programme supported the work. Clearance is still under way, and the city's mayor has asked for help in three more areas.
Japan and WFP signed a funding agreement to support school meals and nutrition services in Chad. WFP’s September 8 announcement says the contribution will fund six months of meals for 16,400 pupils during 2026–27.
Last Mile Health received the 2026 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which includes a $3 million gift. KPBS reported the nonprofit now supports 20,000 community health workers serving about 32 million people across Liberia, Ethiopia, Malawi and Sierra Leone.
Twelve-year-old Markos Abaye took his sick chicken to Denbecha Primary Hospital in Ethiopia's Amhara region. A nurse's video of his visit drew 770,000 views on TikTok. The chicken was treated by a vet, and a poultry company said it would give Markos 100 chickens and training.
Fifty million people in 40 African countries now have electricity for the first time through Mission 300, a programme of the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group. It aims to halve the number of people without reliable electricity by 2030.
Mountain gorilla populations across the Virunga Massif and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have grown from fewer than 300 individuals in the 1980s to roughly 1,063 confirmed by the most recent comprehensive census, with monitoring suggesting continued growth toward 1,100. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund reports mountain gorillas are the only great ape subspecies with a growing wild population, credited to sustained anti-poaching work, habitat protection, and tourism revenue that funds conservation.
Botswana's Ministry of Health vaccinated 204,158 children under five against polio in a nationwide four-day door-to-door campaign, reaching 75% of its 272,100-child target by 8 May 2026. The drive followed detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in wastewater near Botswana's borders, with results confirmed by ministry spokesperson Christopher Nyanga and reported by the Botswana Gazette.
This collection brings together stories from across Africa. Each article names its location so a local result is not mistaken for a continent-wide change.