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Uganda Closes Congo Border as Ebola Outbreak Tests Africa’s Health Response Architecture

A Border Closes When Uganda announced the complete suspension of all cross-border traffic with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the decision was swift and without precedent in the current outbreak. No trucks. No pedestrians. No exceptions. The border crossings at Kasese and other points that have for decades facilitated the movement of people, goods, and […]

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Senegal’s PM Defends LGBTQ Crackdown as Western Pressure Mounts Across Africa

The Words That Echo Across the Continent When Senegal’s Prime Minister used the phrase “homosexual tyranny” in reference to what he described as coordinated Western pressure on African states to accept LGBTQ rights, the reaction was swift across diplomatic capitals. European Union officials issued statements of concern. Human rights organisations condemned the language. Social media

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Thousands of Undocumented Foreigners Flee South African Anti-Migrant Rallies as Tensions Rise

Thousands of Undocumented Foreigners Flee South African Anti-Migrant Rallies as Tensions Rise Thousands of undocumented migrants in South Africa are living in fear after a series of anti-migrant demonstrations across several major cities escalated into violent confrontations, forcing many to seek shelter in police stations, churches, and community centres. The protests, organised by groups claiming

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Africa CDC Convenes Emergency Meeting as Ebola Outbreak Crosses Borders and Deaths Near 140

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has convened an emergency meeting of health ministers and senior officials from affected and at-risk countries as the Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to expand beyond its original geographic boundaries. The meeting, held on an urgent basis following a request from several

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A New Ebola Strain With No Vaccine: The Bundibugyo Outbreak That Has the World on Edge

The World Health Organisation has declared a public health emergency of continental security as a previously rare strain of Ebola—Bundibugyo—spreads across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with alarming scale and speed. Unlike previous outbreaks, this variant has no authorised vaccine, leaving health workers scrambling to contain a virus that kills a significant proportion of those

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South Sudan’s Silent Emergency: Why Famine Is Returning to the World’s Youngest Nation

More than half of South Sudan’s population is now facing acute food insecurity, according to the latest assessment by humanitarian agencies operating in the country, making the situation one of the most severe hunger crises in the world at a moment when international attention has largely shifted elsewhere. Aid workers on the ground describe conditions

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Ugandas Ebola Response Takes an Unusual Turn as Handshakes Are Banned

Kampala, Uganda — In a striking illustration of how seriously Uganda is taking its Ebola response, health authorities have introduced a ban on handshakes as part of a broader package of preventive measures against the Bundibugyo Ebola strain that has now spread beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo into Uganda. The announcement, made public on

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Africa and Artificial Intelligence: The Recolonisation Nobody Is Naming

A growing chorus of African technologists, academics, and policy thinkers are raising alarms about what they describe as a quiet recolonisation of the continent through artificial intelligence systems designed, built, and controlled by foreign entities. The continent is being integrated into global AI value chains in ways that mirror the raw material extraction model of

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Africa’s Quiet Space Race: The Continent’s Emerging Ambitions Beyond Earth’s Atmosphere

From the Ground Up For years, Africa watched from below as other continents claimed the skies. Satellites launched by European, American, Chinese, and Indian space agencies orbited overhead, collecting data about African weather, crops, forests, and conflicts – information that Africans themselves had limited access to and even less control over. That is beginning to

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Ebola Returns to DR Congo: WHO Declares International Health Emergency as Outbreak Spreads

A Deadly Resurgence The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern, triggering a wave of alarm across central Africa and beyond. The declaration, made on May 17, 2026, comes after the hemorrhagic fever claimed at least 80 lives in three

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Ebola Returns to Central Africa: Inside the Outbreak That Has Triggered a Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organisation’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern has sent a chill through global health circles — and rightfully so. The virus, which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa in the 2014-2016 epidemic, has returned to central Africa

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Nigeria’s Lassa Fever Death Toll Crosses 191 as Health Authorities Battle Year-Round Transmission Surge

Nigeria’s health authorities are battling a persistent and deadly Lassa fever outbreak that has now claimed more than 191 lives since the start of the year, with case numbers running significantly ahead of the same period last year and health workers bearing a disproportionate share of the casualties. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

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