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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

Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania on alert

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Kenya's Ruto orders evacuations after deadly floods

Young men inspect a destroyed car carried by waters in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri. — AFP

Togo votes in key parliament ballot after reform

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Team from Gaza mediator Egypt heads to Israel

Displaced Palestinian children wait for a water supply tank to fill their containers amid soaring temperatures at a tent camp in Rafah

A remote island draws thousands of turtles each year

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155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa

More than 51,000 households and 200,000 people have been affected by the rains, with 155 fatalities and 236 people injured.

War in Sudan: Why displaced people can’t go home

A Sudanese family who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region

Drone strikes break calm in Sudan

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Mozambique makeshift ferry fatal disaster kills 97

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S Africa's ex-parliament speaker charged in graft probe

South Africa's former National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete sits next to former Defence Minister Charles Nqakula, husband of former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who faces charges relating to corruption, at the Magistrate's Court in Pretoria. - Reuters

Kenyan doctors reject government's offer to end strike

Medical practitioners participate in a demonstration against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors in Nairobi. — Reuters file photo

Senegal's Faye cites 'profound desire for change'

Bassirou Diomaye Faye (L) is sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar. — AFP

Senegal votes for new president after years of crisis

Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba prepares to cast his vote during the presidential election at the polling station of Ecole HLM Grand Medine in Dakar. — Reuters

Inferno destroys Arab film studio in Cairo

Security forces and firefighters gather after a fire at the Al-Ahram Studio

Sudan army rules out truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites

A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, walks beside carts carrying her family belongings upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad. — Reuters file photo
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