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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

M23 group to pull out of key DR Congo city

A patrol car of the M23 group patrols in Uvira. — AFP

Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco town

Moroccans looks at a destroyed vehicle and other debris following a flash flood, in the coastal town of Safi, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of the capital Rabat on December 15, 2025. A flash flood and a muddy torrent in the Moroccan coastal town killed at least 37, local officials said December 15, as search and rescue operations continued. Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but the flooding in Safi is already the deadliest such disaster in at least a decade.

Nigeria dispatches jets, troops to quash Benin coup bid

Soldiers patrol in front of the headquarters of Benin's radio and television station, in Cotonou, Benin. — Reuters

Sudan paramilitary seizes key oil field: engineer

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Benin government says armed forces foil coup attempt

A long line of trucks stands still in Cotonou following rumors of a possible coup in the country. — AFP

Tunisian oppn leader arrested amid crackdown

Noureddine Taboubi, head of the Tunisian General Labour Union, joins a protest outside the UGTT headquarters in Tunis. - AFP

European, African Unions talks hone in on closer ties in Angola

European and African leaders line up for the family photo, in Luanda. — AFP

Ethiopian volcano erupts, EA monitoring air quality in Oman

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G20 summit declaration addresses global issues

G20 Leaders pose for a family picture at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. — Reuters

52 kidnapped from Nigerian school

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Nigeria orders 'day and night' search for kidnapped schoolgirls

Parents of students abducted sit around discarded shoes in Nigeria. — Reuters file photo

Saudi Arabia, US to talk over Sudan

Displaced girls stand in line as they wait for their turn to receive aid, in a displacement camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, November 15, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Suspicious flights to cleanse Palestinians

Displaced Palestinian walk past a vehicle carrying others west of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, on November 15, 2025 as a low-pressure system impacts the area. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Ethiopia confirms outbreak of Marbug virus

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Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus: Africa CDC

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