Botswana has declared a national public health emergency due to a severe shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko announced a multimillion-pound plan, involving military oversight, to fix the supply chain amid the country's economic struggles.

• The finance ministry approved 250 million pula (£13.8m) in emergency funding.
• President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday.
• The shortages include medicines for cancers, HIV treatments, and tuberculosis, and the US aid cuts previously funded a third of Botswana's HIV response.