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Africa's mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world's inability to stop epidemics, experts say 27 Aug 2024 - 05:52 pm
A port health officer gives an all clear to a traveller at Malaba One Stop Border Post, a border crossing point between Kenya and Uganda in Malaba, western Kenya on August 20, 2024. Photo by Brian ONGORO / AFP.
Spain to donate 500,000 mpox vaccines to Africa 27 Aug 2024 - 05:17 pm
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Eight stabbed, hundreds arrested at London's Notting Hill Carnival 27 Aug 2024 - 01:29 pm
Police officers make an arrest at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 26, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
At least 132 killed in Sudan flooding: health ministry 26 Aug 2024 - 10:13 pm
Sudanese queue to fill on water Port Sudan on August 26, 2024, after a dam collapsed as a result of heavy rain. (Photo by Ibrahim ISHAQ / AFP)
Rwandan entrepreneur in court over alleged $10 mn fraud 26 Aug 2024 - 06:52 pm
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Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines to Africa 26 Aug 2024 - 06:15 pm
A patient suffering from mpox sits on a bench at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)
Gabon cracks down after violence in economic hub 26 Aug 2024 - 06:09 pm
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Gravel mine collapse kills eight in Zambia 25 Aug 2024 - 09:53 pm
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At least 15 civilians killed in Mali drone strikes 25 Aug 2024 - 09:27 pm
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Ghana's main opposition party pledges to revive economy 24 Aug 2024 - 10:44 pm
Former Ghana president and presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama gestures while addressing delegates during the prty's manifesto's launch ahead of the 2024 Presidential Elections in Winneba, Ghana, on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
South Africa plans to 'bomb' mice that eat albatrosses alive 24 Aug 2024 - 07:14 pm
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Mozambique kicks off campaigning for October elections 24 Aug 2024 - 05:26 pm
Supporters of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) gather during a campaign rally in support of their presidential candidate Lutero Simango during the first day of the 2024 presidential campaign ahead of October 9, 2024 National Election in the Matola neighborhood of Maputo on August 24, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)
Sudan peace brokers affirm receiving promises on improving humanitarian access 24 Aug 2024 - 02:09 pm
Photo of the press conference at the end of Sudan ceasefire talks, in Geneva on August 23, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
World's second largest diamond found in Botswana 22 Aug 2024 - 08:24 pm
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi holds a large diamond discovered in Botswana at his office in Gaborone on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Monirul Bhuiyan / AFP)
Somalia threatens to suspend Ethiopian Airlines over sovereignty spat 21 Aug 2024 - 09:14 pm
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Dutch, Zimbabwean nationals killed in Malawi plane crash 21 Aug 2024 - 07:28 pm
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South Africa's national zoo frees its last elephant 21 Aug 2024 - 07:17 pm
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Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines 21 Aug 2024 - 03:35 pm
Democratic Republic of Congo Health minister Samuel-Roger Kamba addresses a press conference in Kinshasa on August 19, 2024 Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday. Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP.