Rwanda Alcohol Treatment Push: Rwanda urges people struggling with alcohol dependence to seek help now, pointing to the free national 114 health hotline and existing public health facilities under the #TunyweLess campaign. Ebola Watch in DRC: Rebel-held eastern Congo recorded a new Ebola case in Kayna health zone, more than two months after declaring the outbreak over, prompting contact tracing and stepped-up surveillance. DRC School Reopening: Despite Ebola risks, DRC reopened schools in affected areas after reversing remote-learning plans in high-risk zones to protect pupils’ progress. Clean Cooking in Rwanda: Experts say Rwanda’s clean cooking transition needs affordable options plus a shift in public attitudes, tackling misconceptions that modern fuels can’t cook local foods. Nutrition-Forward Food Systems: GAIN and AGRA signed a Letter of Intent to make Africa’s food systems more nutrition centric, focusing on mainstreaming nutrition, data for scale, and gender inclusion. Soil Health Investment Call: At the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, private-sector leaders warned that about 60% of cropland is degraded and called for better soil management and correct fertiliser use. ACTxBEC Data Training (Tanzania): Tanzania trained 62 data collectors for an emergency care study assessing basic emergency care impact on conditions like postpartum haemorrhage, pneumonia, diarrhoea, asthma and diabetes complications. EU “Return Hubs” Backlash: Save the Children urged the EU to drop plans for return centres in third countries, warning of serious risks to children’s health, protection and access to education.