Somalia Health System: Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Human Services, with the International Rescue Committee, met stakeholders in Mogadishu to push a unified national system for monitoring and improving healthcare quality and patient safety, with special focus on reducing preventable maternal and newborn deaths and advancing a National Healthcare Quality Strategy. Somalia Higher Education & Care: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud opened the 2026-27 higher education academic year at Somali National University, launching the ABUUR Initiative for student innovation and inaugurating new facilities including an Arab health affairs centre and an emergency and critical care centre to strengthen medical training and research. Somalia Governance for MPs’ Welfare: Somalia’s House of the People suspended the monthly $100 deduction from lawmakers’ salaries tied to an MPs’ welfare fund, replacing it with a one-time $200 deduction on a lawmaker’s death while planning a formal welfare fund and a healthcare system for MPs. Kenya Livestock Health: Kenya reported African Swine Fever killing 1,470 pigs in Kiambu since mid-May, with outbreaks now confirmed in six more counties, prompting stepped-up surveillance and controls on livestock movement. Somalia Security & Health Access Risk: A former minister warned Mogadishu could become indefensible if AU troops withdraw by December, citing US plans to end logistics funding for AUSSOM after 2026—potentially affecting supplies including medical care.