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Ebola spreading in DRC at faster pace

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a faster pace than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus. More than 2,000 cases,...

A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard as provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. — Reuters

Humpback whale sets record for how far it traveled

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Sudan faces largest humanitarian crisis recorded

People walk past a destroyed vehicle, following shelling in Omdurman, Sudan. — Reuters

Ghana's former president Mahama wins historic election comeback

Supporters of presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party John Mahama celebrate, in Accra. — AFP

President Biden meets African leaders in Angola

US President Joe Biden(C) pose with African leaders, during a tour of a Carrinho facility, near Lobito, Angola. — Reuters

Why Black Americans searching for their roots should look to Angola

The National Museum of Slavery in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Nov. 18, 2024. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)

First food trucks in months reach Sudan camp

Sudanese people who fled escalating violence rest at a camp for the displaced in the eastern city of Gedaref. — AFP

Egypt's middle class cuts costs as IMF reforms take hold

An Egyptian man carries bread bought from a bakery in Cairo, Egypt November 12, 2024.

South Africa closes main border with Mozambique

An armoured police vehicle is pictured on the side of a road in Maputo. — AFP

Climate change is making disasters deadlier. Here’s how much

A four-year-old Somali girl who died in a refugee camp during the famine that struck Kenya and Somalia is buried at a makeshift cemetery in Dadaab, Kenya, July 14, 2011. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

Botswana votes as president's seeks to rule

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (C) conducts a press conference, west of Gaborone. — AFP

Over 14 million people displaced in Sudan

People displaced from eastern areas of Sudan's al-Jazira state arrive to Gedaref city. — AFP

Chad hunts attackers after 40 killed in raid

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Mozambique warns protesters ahead of election

Units of the Mozambican anti-riot police deploy during a march called by the presidential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) in Maputo, on October 21, 2024. A demonstration was dispersed with tear gas on Monday in the capital of Mozambique, which took on the air of a ghost town after a call for a general strike launched by the opponent Venancio Mondlane to denounce fraud during the presidential election, noted AFP. This demonstration comes two days after the assassination of two of the opponent's close associates, including his lawyer who was preparing an appeal to denounce fraud in the election of October 9, the final results of which have not yet been published. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)

Kenya court hears challenge to impeachment

Kenya's impeached deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua sits inside the Milimani Courts, in Nairobi. — Reuters

Activists say 50 killed in Sudan battles

A burned vehicle is seen in Khartoum, Sudan. — Reuters file photo
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