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WHO chief calls for more funding to fight Ebola

DRC: The World Health ⁠Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of ​the Congo's latest Ebola ​outbreak to play a central role in fighting the disease.WHO Director-General Tedros...

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

Mali junta new decree eyes peace talks

Malian soldiers are pictured during a patrol near Niger border in Dansongo Circle, Mali. — Reuters file photo

Congolese President Tshisekedi sworn in for second term

A general view of the stadium ahead of the inauguration of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, at Stade de Martyrs in Kinshasa. — AFP

Comoros opposition candidate seeks annulment of vote

Security forces face opposition demonstrators throwing stones at them in Moroni, following the announcement of the presidential election results. — AFP file photo

Unrest erupts as Comoros oppn rejects presidential vote

Opposition supporters during a demonstration in Moroni following the announcement of the presidential elections. - AFP

Mauritius raises cyclone alert to maximum

Turbulent weather caused by Cyclone Belal is seen in Mahebourg as heavy flooding hit Mauritius

Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills at least 22

Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills at least 22

Comoros holds presidential election, polls opened

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani

DR Congo says pullout of UN peacekeepers has started

UN peacekeeping troops patrol the streets in armoured personnel carriers in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa. — Reuters file photo

PNG premier declares emergency after deadly riots

People carry looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby. — AFP

Pistorius freed from jail 11 years after murdering girlfriend

A Correctional Services' vehicle leaves the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, where South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, is released on parole, in Pretoria. - Reuters

Somalia vows to defend sovereignty after Ethiopia-Somaliland deal

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre stand after addressing the Parliament regarding the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal, in Mogadishu, Somalia. — Reuters

DR Congo’s Tshisekedi wins second term in landslide victory

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Sudan civilians rush for arms as paramilitaries advance

Civilians fleeing the war-torn Sudan ride a truck near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan. — Reuters file photo

DR Congo government rules out election

Tires and other objects burn as riot police amass at a street to block a protest by the opposition who are calling for a re-run of last week's national election, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. — Reuters

Congo government bans opposition election protest

An independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) agent processes a voter at the Nyabushongo Institute polling centre on the second day of the Presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 21, 2023.
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