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Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

 Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi is a major...

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Congo discplaced camp shows 30 deaths of Ebola

Teams from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies prepare for burial at Mbiyo cemetery in Bunia. — AFP

Around 15 migrant bodies wash ashore in eastern Libya

Crew launches a rigid-hulled inflatable boat in the search and rescue zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya. — Reuters

Ebola spreading 'fast' in DR Congo, warns WHO

A doctor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands near an ambulance at the Ebola Virus Disease Treatment Centre

DR Congo Ebola outbreak could last a year: Red Cross

A volunteer, wearing a protective suit, disinfects the door of the house where a child, presumed dead of Ebola virus disease is located, in Bunia. — AFP

Aid funding crisis leaves displaced in limbo

Men push a stuck cart toward Sudan at the Adre border. — AFP

Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 710

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Ebola outbreak spreads to displacement camp in Congo

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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