Uganda has officially been declared free of Ebola, bringing to a close the country’s most recent outbreak of the deadly viral disease, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The declaration follows the completion of the required surveillance period without any new confirmed cases, a standard benchmark used to confirm the end of an Ebola […]
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Nigeria’s commercial capital is feeling the squeeze of a fuel crisis that has reached far beyond its shores. In Lagos, where thousands of small and medium-sized businesses depend on diesel-powered generators to keep their doors open, the recent surge in fuel prices is testing the resilience of entrepreneurs already accustomed to tough operating conditions. A
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Dakar announced on Monday a striking diplomatic reversal, throwing its weight behind former president Macky Sall’s candidacy to succeed Antonio Guterres as Secretary-General of the United Nations. The shift ends a period in which Senegal’s current leadership had refused to support Sall’s bid, citing accusations of deadly political repression during his time in office. The
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Researchers tracking a cohort of South African adolescents over sixteen years have reported finding persistent HIV-specific immune activity in the central nervous system, even in participants whose viral loads are fully suppressed in the bloodstream. The finding, discussed at a scientific meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, challenges the long-held assumption that suppressing HIV in
South African authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a Nigerian national who collapsed while being taken into police custody, officials confirmed. An initial post-mortem examination noted abrasions on the man’s back and chest, findings that have intensified calls for a transparent inquiry into the circumstances of his arrest. According to investigators, the
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Parents across Nigeria are withdrawing their children from classrooms in growing numbers, driven by a persistent fear that schools have become targets for mass abductions. The trend came into sharp focus again in May, when 46 children and teachers were seized from a school in the southwestern state of Oyo. The group was rescued and
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Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have launched a strike, disrupting operations at a critical moment in the country’s ongoing battle against the virus. The walkout comes as officials report a sharp increase in fatalities linked to the latest outbreak, raising concerns about the
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Iran has sharply criticised Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv had carried out strikes against vessels linked to Tehran in the Caspian Sea. The remarks mark a new chapter in the already tense relationship between the two countries and underscore how a conflict thousands of kilometres away continues to draw in extra-regional actors.
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The detention of a Nigerian army private on suspicion of passing information to criminal networks has once again placed the spotlight on allegations that some members of the country’s armed forces are contributing to, rather than combating, the insecurity gripping parts of the country. The soldier’s arrest, announced recently by military authorities, has prompted renewed
The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations has officially gotten underway, drawing the attention of football fans across the continent and beyond. Organized by the Confederation of African Football, the tournament brings together the continent’s top women’s national teams in a celebration of the rapid growth of the women’s game in Africa. A tournament in
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Sudan’s armed forces say they have taken control of a major highway connecting the capital Khartoum with the strategic city of el-Obeid in North Kordofan state, a development that could reshape the balance of power in the country’s protracted internal conflict. The army announced the capture of the Al Sadarat route, describing it as a
HIV activists confronted senior U.S. officials on the eve of the AIDS 2026 international conference in Rio de Janeiro, voicing alarm over sweeping reforms to Washington’s flagship global AIDS programme and accusing the Trump administration of triggering a public health emergency through funding cuts. The exchanges, which took place ahead of the formal opening of
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