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A team of four surgeons is treating 60 vulnerable patients with cataracts at the Zorgho Ophthalmology Centre in Burkina Faso. The operations, which generally take 10 to 15 minutes, replace the clouded lens with an artificial one, ophthalmologist Ulrich Habou explains, as quoted by Lefaso.
Source: Lefaso
Médecins Sans Frontières has reopened the renovated internal medicine building at Carnot district hospital in Central African Republic. The work, funded to the tune of 69.2 million CFA francs, is intended to improve patient reception and care, according to Centra-News.
Source: Centranews
Fifteen helmets were handed to motorcycle-taxi representatives and young people during a road-safety awareness day in Zuénoula. Lieutenant Yao Kouamé of the National Civil Protection Office stressed helmet use and the prevention of domestic fires, AIP reports.
Source: Aip
Élodie Thomas, 27, successfully underwent surgery to remove the bullet after being shot. Her condition remains critical but has improved, while a police sergeant has been arrested, according to the Mauritian Prime Minister’s Office.
Source: Defimedia
Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council president, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, ordered an investigation into the deaths of miners near the Egyptian border. Death tolls attributed to a strike range from 13 to 72, while a judicial and security commission is to establish responsibility, according to the Sovereignty Council cited by Radio Tamazuj.
Source: Radio Tamazuj
Disruptions were reported in Sainte-Croix, Mauritius, where several roads were obstructed on 12 October 2026. Special Supporting Unit and Metro North officers intervened as the police operation continued, according to a police statement reported by Defimedia.
Source: Defimedia
The National Network of Women MPs organised its third edition of activities for Pink October at the National Assembly in Libreville on 12 October 2026. Minister Michel Régis Onanga Ndiaye urged the women MPs to set an example, Gabonactu reports.
Source: Gabonactu
A young Sudanese refugee was killed at the Adré camp in eastern Chad, while a fire destroyed several temporary shelters. The platform of Sudanese refugee civil society associations warned of deteriorating security and called on the authorities to intervene, according to Radio Dabanga.
Source: Radio Dabanga
Tanzanian Health Minister Mohamed Mchengerwa has asked regional officials to oversee the implementation of universal health insurance and effective access to care. He set daily monitoring for the first fourteen days of the rollout, followed by weekly meetings, according to Jamhurimedia.
Source: Jamhurimedia
The management committee of Loandjili General Hospital has decided to strengthen the safeguarding of the facility’s revenue in Pointe-Noire. It also recommended an institutional plan for 2027-2031 and an assessment of the hospital’s debt, according to the Congolese Information Agency.
Source: Aci
A Global Fund team is supporting the Central African government in Bangui in preparing a health grant covering 2027-2029. Discussions focus on funding and priorities in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, according to portfolio manager Manassé Kassi, quoted by Centra-News.
Source: Centranews
More than 500 cases of dengue have been reported in Longa, in Sudan’s North Darfur state, according to the General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur. The organisation is calling on health authorities and humanitarian organisations to intervene quickly to limit the spread in a region where medical services are under pressure.
Source: Sudantribune
Cape Verde’s General Inspectorate of Economic Activities and the National Police have temporarily suspended two commercial establishments in São Vicente over health and legal breaches. Inspectors notably found pests, food contamination risks and alcoholic drinks without tax stamps, and seized non-compliant products, according to the IGAE.
Source: Expresso das Ilhas
Kadiatou Keita left her home in Petit Simbaya, Guinea, at about 10pm on Saturday before being found dead in a vehicle with Mamadou Daye Diallo. Her husband, Alseny Camara, says he tried to contact her all night and then reported her missing to the police, Visionguinee reports.
Source: Visionguinee
A man aged about 37 was fatally struck by a train at Grand-Yapo, near Agboville, in Ivory Coast, on 12 October 2026. Civil protection firefighters confirmed he had been decapitated and a forensic doctor confirmed his death, according to a report by the Agboville Civil Protection Centre relayed by AIP.
Source: Aip
The Osvaldo Máximo Vieira Mental Health Centre recorded 203 cases linked to alcohol and drug use between January and September, its director, Finhamba Quessangue Silva, announced. She called for more resources for psychological and psychiatric care, as the centre cannot admit patients because it lacks infrastructure and specialist staff, according to the ANG news agency.
Source: Ang
The Djiboutian Social Development Agency has completed a nutrition project funded with 2.5 million dollars from the Japanese Social Development Fund. Deployed in four districts of Djibouti, it targeted 6,000 beneficiaries and notably trained 135 agents, according to Adi.
Source: Adi
Tajoura’s National Center for Cardiac Treatment and Surgery in Tripoli examined 1,562 patients in September and carried out 1,308 electrocardiograms. Women accounted for 54.55% of consultations and 55.73% of ECGs, according to statistics published by the Libyan institution.
Source: Libya Herald
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