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DR Congo Ebola outbreak surpasses 400 deaths as virus reaches Kisangani

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 400 people, health authorities have confirmed, amid growing concern that the virus has reached Kisangani, one of the country’s major cities. The confirmation of a first case in Kisangani, hundreds of kilometres from the epidemic’s epicentre in the northeast, marks a significant […]

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Namibia Abandons Plan to Introduce Road Toll Gates

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Namibia’s Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, has announced that the government is abandoning its plan to install toll gates on roads across the country, ending years of debate over how the southern African nation should fund and maintain its road network. Cabinet rejects the tolling framework Nekundi confirmed that cabinet had reviewed the

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Algerians vote in parliamentary elections amid expected low turnout, seven years after Hirak protests

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Algerians are going to the polls on July 2 to elect a new parliament, seven years after the pro-democracy Hirak movement upended the country’s political landscape. While no major opposition party has called for an organized boycott this time, analysts and observers expect turnout to remain depressed as voters continue to express frustration with the

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Africa in the Headlines: A Daily Look at the Continent’s Stories

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Each day brings a fresh wave of developments across the African continent, from policy debates in national capitals to grassroots initiatives in rural communities, and from shifts in commodity markets to cultural milestones that resonate far beyond borders. Daily news roundups serve as a window into this diversity, offering readers a snapshot of the issues,

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Nigeria to seek compensation for abandoned properties of citizens who fled South Africa

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Nigeria is preparing to seek compensation for businesses and properties abandoned by its citizens who fled South Africa, according to the country’s High Commissioner. Officials say diplomatic staff have begun formally cataloguing assets left behind by returnees, in what is being framed as a first step toward possible restitution claims. A diplomatic channel on a

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Two Decades of Xenophobic Tensions: South Africa’s Recurring Crisis

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South Africa is once again confronting a wave of anti-migrant sentiment, with protesters taking to the streets to denounce foreign nationals whom they blame for the country’s stubbornly high unemployment and crime rates. The latest demonstrations mark the largest such mobilization the country has seen since 2008, reviving memories of one of the most painful

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Anti-Immigration Marches in South Africa Pass Without Major Incident

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Thousands of people took to the streets across South Africa on Friday in coordinated demonstrations calling for the departure of undocumented foreigners, in a nationwide Day of Action that organisers had set as a deadline for government action. Despite concerns that the protests could spiral into unrest, the marches ended largely without the widespread violence

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Rwanda Maintains Low Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Rate, Latest Health Report Shows

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Rwanda has maintained a mother-to-child HIV transmission rate below 2 percent over the past decade, even as the figure edged up slightly in the most recent reporting period, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) HIV, STIs, and Viral Hepatitis Annual Report 2024/2025. The report, published by the state-run institution that coordinates the country’s response

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Dozens of students remain missing following attack on secondary school in northeastern Nigeria

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More than 30 students remain unaccounted for following an attack on a secondary school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Lassa, in Borno State. The incident has renewed concerns about the safety of educational institutions in a region long affected by insurgent violence. A region under persistent threat Lassa lies in an area of Borno

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Flooding in Accra kills 13 as authorities warn of further storms

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At least 13 people have died in Accra after heavy rains triggered severe flooding across the Ghanaian capital, with meteorologists warning that another storm system is expected to hit the city in the coming days. Emergency services have urged residents in low-lying neighbourhoods to relocate to higher ground or remain indoors until the weather improves.

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South Africa’s xenophobia dilemma: How migrants became scapegoats for deeper political failures

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South Africa’s recurring waves of anti-migrant mobilisation reflect a deeper political and socioeconomic paradox, in which immigrants are cast as culprits for crises they did not create, according to a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). The argument was outlined in a recent interview with Aimée-Noel Mbiyozo, a senior research consultant at

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 1,307 confirmed cases as virus spreads to fourth province

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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak has now reached 1,307 confirmed cases, including 377 deaths, according to health authorities. The latest figures underscore the continued severity of the country’s latest Ebola crisis and the heavy burden placed on national and international health responders working to contain it. Spread to a fourth province Health

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