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Iran warns Hormuz is a 'red line' and will resist until the end
Iran army says struck US targets in Kuwait, Bahrain with drones: state media
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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

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

Morocco flood evacuees mark muted Ramadhan

A girl walks outside tent shelters at a relief camp for those affected by floods that struck northern and western Morocco, in the Kenitra region on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)
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