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Somalia Drought Crisis: Puntland herder Abdi Farah says most of his goats have died and his family is down to one meal a day as rains fail for a third year, with aid cuts and higher prices deepening severe acute malnutrition risks for hundreds of thousands of children. West Africa Opioid Alarm: An AFP investigation says Indian firms are still shipping millions of tapentadol tablets into Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana, with the pills reportedly being mixed into “kush,” worsening a fast-growing “zombie drug” emergency. Vaccine Manufacturing Push: France-backed financing supports Biovac to build an end-to-end multi-vaccine plant in Africa for polio, meningitis, pneumonia and cholera, aiming to boost regional vaccine self-reliance. Hantavirus Watch in Europe/US: New tracking updates tied to a cruise outbreak report confirmed cases and ongoing monitoring of exposed passengers and crew. Nigeria Health Strain: MSF warns hunger, disease and insecurity are driving a chronic humanitarian emergency, with hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children needing treatment.

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