PRETORIA, South Africa — A new, authoritative health policy paper by Lancet Countdown Africa has issued a stark warning to African policymakers: Climate change is rapidly intensifying the continent's health crisis, driving significant economic losses, stalling progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and multiplying threats like infectious diseases and food insecurity.

The High Court in Lilongwe on Thursday granted an interim injunction restraining the government from redeploying five senior Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Generals to various civilian institutions.

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says it has not managed to mobilize over US$680 million required for Malawi to fully recover from the effects of Cyclone Freddy, which affected 2.2 million people across the country.

The European Union has invested €3.5 million in the Elect Her, Retain Her post-election programme, implemented with Oxfam, to help women who made it into Parliament strengthen their leadership and retain their seats in 2030.