By Bolaji Ogunfemi In late May 2026, a new Children’s Emergency Ward was commissioned with fanfare at the Adeoyo State Maternity Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State in south-western Nigeria. Weeks later, a man stood inside that same hospital at night, phone raised, alleging in a video which circulated on X thatContinue reading “Why Every Emergency Ends Up at a Teaching Hospital: Nigeria’s Broken Referral System”
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Climate Resilience in Africa: Six Priorities for an Era of Rising Risk and Falling Aid
By Bolaji Ogunfemi Between 2005 and 2024, climate-related disasters disrupted the schooling of 130 million children in Eastern and Southern Africa and caused US$1.3 billion in direct damage to education infrastructure. UNICEF and Dalberg put the resulting loss in lifetime earnings at up to US$140 billion, rising towards US$380 billion by 2050 if nothing changes.Continue reading “Climate Resilience in Africa: Six Priorities for an Era of Rising Risk and Falling Aid”
Humanitarian health assistance and local government synergy in Angola
The Sustainable Development Goal three seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all peoples at all ages. Providing humanitarian assistance is crucial to reducing vulnerabilities of people who are forcibly displaced. In Angola, the UNHCR is partnering local administrative authorities in delivering access to essential medicines and vaccines on a sustainable basis. ForContinue reading “Humanitarian health assistance and local government synergy in Angola”
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