Africa CDC has launched a Continental Immunisation Strategy for 2026–2030 after about 7.1 million African children under one received no routine vaccine dose in 2025. The strategy covers six areas, and its authors identify five priorities including domestic financing, digital systems and vaccine sovereignty.
Morocco's Berm, a 2,700-kilometre wall built across Western Sahara between 1980 and 1987, still divides the disputed territory and remains one of the world's most militarised borders. Researchers writing for The Conversation say the barrier's most overlooked damage is ecological, as mines and the embankment disrupt desert watercourses and grazing routes.
The ECOWAS Resident Representation in Senegal held a workshop in Pointe Sarène from September 15 to 19, 2026, reviewing its 2025-2026 activities and setting programming and budgeting for 2027-2029. Participants assessed physical and financial execution, identified constraints and agreed priorities, responsibilities and a monitoring system. The Representation now holds a consolidated framework for the three-year period.
Senegal has built and rehabilitated sports facilities in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly for the Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 31 October to 13 November 2026. Two researchers argue the Games could reshape how the country finances, manages and maintains sports infrastructure once the competition ends.
The ECOWAS Center for Gender Development, Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Women, Family, and Children, and the Akwaba Mousso Association held a two-day capacity building workshop in Abidjan on September 16–17, 2026, for Judicial Police Officers, GBV focal points in the justice sector, and other frontline actors. The workshop aimed to strengthen practical skills in preventing gender-based violence, identifying victims, and providing holistic care to survivors. Speakers including ECOWAS representative Ms. Fathmah Mahan and CCDG Director Ms. Sandra Oulaté Fattoh called for a coordinated, multisectoral response and a zero-tolerance approach to violence against women and girls.
GIABA opened a three-day regional training workshop on investigative journalism covering economic and financial crimes in Accra, Ghana, running from 22 to 24 September 2026. Journalists from across West Africa are attending sessions on financial investigation, open-source intelligence and beneficial ownership analysis. GIABA and Ghana Financial Intelligence Centre officials addressed the opening, with the programme also covering cross-border media networking.
Directors of ECOWAS institutions and agencies are meeting in Lagos from 21 to 30 September 2026 to align a medium-term expenditure framework for 2027–2029 with the Commission's 2026–2030 strategic priorities and to review the 2027 programme budget. Vice-President Oluwatosin Anthony Ogunjimi launched the retreat on behalf of Commission President General Birame Diop.
King Sunny Adé turns 80 this year, closing in on six decades of shaping Nigerian jùjú music and carrying it to international audiences. Born in Òṣogbo in 1946, he built his own bands, label and a Grammy-nominated run with Island Records, while keeping Yoruba rhythms, talking drums and oral traditions at the centre of his sound.
Researchers surveyed 530 people involved in nature-based projects across Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa about the climate information they receive and what they still need. Most said existing services fall short, and 91 per cent want indigenous and local knowledge built into new ones. The authors argue that funding should cover the joint work of producing climate services, not just the final forecasts and tools.
