Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen — JoyNews journalist, agricultural engineer and climate researcher, honoured by the African Meteorological Society for reporting on weather and climate across Africa.
More than a year after a JoyNews investigation by Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen exposed serious contamination in Nanton Zuo’s main water source, residents are still relying on the same dam. …
… He told JoyNews Science and Climate Journalist Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen in a Zoom interview on Thursday, 27 August 2026, that the three-million figure is intended to cut the workforce shortage by about half over the next 10 years. …
… Health Workforce Team Leader at the WHO, Prof James Avoka Asamani, made the remarks in a Zoom interview with JoyNews Science and Climate Journalist Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen on Thursday, 27 August 2026. …
… Speaking to JoyNews’ Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen following the publication of the study, researcher Lee Crawfurd of the Centre for Global Development said evidence is increasingly pointing to pollution as a significant but often overlooked barrier to education in low- and middle-inc …
… Forecasts only work when people understand them Speaking during the training, the Executive Director of CCCFS, Engr Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, said weather information should be viewed as a decision-support tool across multiple sectors, including healthcare. …
… Speaking on the development via Zoom with JoyNews, Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, Director of Tropenbos Democratic Republic of Congo, said the announcement was a historic moment for community forestry in the country. …
… Science and Climate Journalist with JoyNews in Ghana, Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, was honoured for his impactful reporting across broadcast, digital, and electronic platforms. …
JoyNews journalist Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, an agricultural engineer and climate researcher, has been honoured by the African Meteorological Society for his outstanding reporting on weather and climate issues across Africa. …
JoyNews journalist Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah has been selected for the UK Media Excellence for Emerging Technologies Fellowship, a programme delivered by Imperial College London to strengthen journalists' reporting on emerging technologies. Selected from more than 500 applicants across Ghana and Nigeria, she plans to investigate the impact of AI-powered learning tools on Ghana's Senior High School education system.
JoyNews journalist Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah has been selected for the UK Media Excellence for Emerging Technologies Fellowship, a programme delivered by Imperial College London to strengthen journalists' reporting on emerging technologies. Selected from more than 500 applicants across Ghana and Nigeria, she plans to investigate the impact of AI-powered learning tools on Ghana's Senior High School education system.
More than a year after a JoyNews investigation exposed serious contamination in Nanton Zuo's main water source, residents continue to rely on the same dam because attempts to find alternatives—boreholes and piped supplies—have failed. The dam's microbial contamination was so high it could not be counted, yet the community's latest proposal is to rehabilitate it.
African health ministers adopted the Africa Health Workforce Agenda 2026–2035, committing countries to training, employing and retaining at least three million additional health workers within the decade. According to a WHO official, the target is intended to cut the continent's workforce shortage by about half and reduce the distance millions of people travel to receive healthcare.
African countries must increase health workforce recruitment budgets by an average of 35% to employ more health workers, according to a WHO health workforce expert. The continent has one million trained unemployed health professionals, and one in five health dollars is lost through waste and inefficiency, a gap that a 10-year plan adopted by African health ministers aims to address through training, employing and retaining at least three million additional health workers by 2035.
A leading Ghanaian biodiversity scientist has warned that the possible extinction of Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey, once found in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire forests, reflects growing pressure on biodiversity across West Africa and should prompt governments and communities to protect nature before more species and ecosystems are lost.
A recent study found that about two million Ghanaian children attend schools within five kilometres of documented contaminated sites. Researcher Lee Crawfurd says pollution may be a significant but often overlooked barrier to education in low- and middle-income countries, with evidence suggesting lead poisoning could explain up to a fifth of the learning gap between high-income and low- to middle-income countries.
Health workers and staff at Peace and Love Hospital in the Ashanti region received training from the Centre for Climate Change and Food Security on interpreting weather forecasts from the Ghana Meteorological Agency and applying weather information to improve patient care, staff safety and emergency preparedness, as extreme weather events pose growing risks to health systems.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has transferred 847,818 hectares of rainforest to Indigenous Peoples and local communities through 31 Local Community Forest Concession titles in Tshopo Province, strengthening community control over forests as part of global efforts to protect biodiversity and combat climate change.
The African Meteorological Society has honoured fourteen distinguished leaders, scientists, educators, communicators, and institutions across five award categories for their contributions to meteorology, climate science, and resilience building across Africa.
JoyNews journalist Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen, an agricultural engineer and climate researcher, has been honoured by the African Meteorological Society for his outstanding reporting on weather and climate issues across Africa. He received the Communication Award for his coverage of climate and weather stories through television, radio and digital platforms.