Cancer Care Training: Merck Foundation is expanding oncology capacity across Africa with scholarships for one-year clinical training and postgraduate cancer and oncology diplomas, including support for the Central African Republic as it works to train the region’s first oncologists and cancer care teams. Ebola Vaccine Push: With the Bundibugyo strain driving the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda, CEPI has fast-tracked three experimental vaccine candidates for trials, aiming for human testing within months as cases rise. CAR Health Response Planning: Kenya’s Africa CDC and WHO joint Ebola preparedness and response plan (one plan, one budget, one team) targets surveillance, lab testing, infection control, clinical care, community engagement, research, and logistics—relevant for regional spillover risk. Digital Finance Oversight: Banking regulators meeting in Yaoundé (CABS) will focus on how supervisors can manage risks from digital financial services and new instruments, including for the CEMAC region that covers CAR. Illicit Finance Crackdown: A Yaoundé workshop brings CAR, Cameroon, Gabon, and DR Congo together to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, warning that illicit flows drain development funds. Peacekeeping on the Ground: UN Minusca’s work in CAR’s Am-Dafock area helped broker a local peace deal and return displaced families after Sudan-linked conflict spillover. Wild Meat Nutrition: Research highlights how wild meat and fish remain key protein sources for rural communities in central Africa, shaping both livelihoods and conservation choices.