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Ebola outbreak spreads to displacement camp in Congo

NAIROBI: The UN refugee agency confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, as aid workers warned of a high risk the disease could spread rapidly in overcrowded sites.The two victims...

Two nurses in their Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) prepare to receive a patient with Ebola

Congo reports more than 100 Ebola deaths

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As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa

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WHO chief calls for more funding to fight Ebola

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus washes his hands as he arrives in DRC to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak. — Reuters

Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79

Kenyan police officers and forensic experts stand at the entrance of a building at Utumishi Girls Academy where a deadly fire took place in Gilgil, north of Nairobi. — AFP

Kenya school fire kills 16 students, government says

A student injured during a stampede embraces her mother at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School

Ebola, hantavirus show world's risk preparedness lagging: Expert

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Transport protests hit Kenya over fuel prices

TOPSHOT - A protester chants anti-government slogans on a road blocked with stones to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international emergency

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Mid-East conflicts threaten whales off South Africa

Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost

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3 die on Atlantic cruise from suspected hantavirus: WHO

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'Not the Cairo we know': Energy shock dims Egypt nights

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South Africans march for 'sovereignty' after US pressure

A supporter during the 'People’s March,' led by the African National Congress in defence of the country’s sovereignty and democratic gains in Johannesburg. — AFP

SUDAN CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL DOUBLES IN 2025: UN

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chad shuts Sudan border over war spillover

People prepare to travel south to Adre, on the Chad-Sudan border. — Reuters
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