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1. Congo-Kinshasa: As Ebola Spreads to 8th DR Congo Province, Families Battle to Feed Themselves

   [allAfrica] Geneva -- Hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is undermining efforts to combat Ebola as the deadly disease has expanded across borders and also to an eighth province of the huge central African country, the UN said on Friday.

2. Kenya: Calls for Penalties Follow 12-Story Building Collapse

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has called for tougher penalties against rogue developers and the restoration of prosecutorial powers to county governments following the collapse of an incomplete 12-storey building in Eastleigh.

3. Rwanda: Kagame Defends Strict Dress Codes Amid Rwanda's Dressing Controversy

   [Nile Post] Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defended cultural expectations on dressing, arguing that societies have their own standards of acceptable behaviour which should not be abandoned simply because other countries embrace different ways of life.

4. Nigeria: Health Is Economic Infrastructure - Why Nigeria Must Invest in Health

   [Nigeria Health Watch] Listen to this article 8 min The recently concluded World Health Summit in Berlin, themed "From Crisis to Resilience: Innovating for Health", reinforced a key message: health spending is an investment, not just an expense. Yet Nigeria's 2026 Appropriation Bill proposed ₦2.48 trillion for health out of ₦58.47 trillion, about 4.2% of the budget. That is less than a third of the 15% target African governments agreed to in the 2001 Abuja Declaration.

5. South Africa: How Nurses Are Learning to Administer the New HIV Prevention Injection

   [spotlight] South Africa's rollout of lenacapavir, a six-monthly HIV prevention injection, requires nurses to learn, adapt and find ways to make it work for patients.