AI in Child Care: Malawi’s Mangochi District Hospital says IMPALA—an AI monitoring system that flags early patient deterioration—has helped cut child deaths, with staff able to intervene before emergencies. Food Security in Gabon: Korea-Africa Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI) expands in Gabon with a second phase focused on drought- and stress-tolerant rice seeds for rain-fed regions, working with AfricaRice to speed breeding and germination. Cancer Training Across Africa: Merck Foundation and African First Ladies continue building oncology capacity through scholarships and training programs aimed at increasing the number of trained cancer care teams and improving early diagnosis. Dengue Vaccine Push: DENSTAR, a €11.09m consortium project, has launched to accelerate dengue vaccine development and approval for sub-Saharan Africa, with KNUST playing a key role in trials. Ebola & Conservation Under Pressure: In DRC’s Virunga National Park, teams face both a growing Ebola outbreak and intense armed conflict, using screening posts and ranger efforts to protect wildlife while containing disease. Psychedelics Policy Watch: Colorado’s new law tightens how ibogaine/psilocybin-related products can be studied and sold, targeting unlicensed sales and “gray-market” practices. Forest Health Monitoring: A Gabon pilot highlights how bioacoustics can detect changes in logged forests that satellites may miss, using dawn and dusk sound patterns to track ecosystem health.