Photo: UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Democratic Republic of Congo's international friendly against Chile in Spain next week has been cancelled after authorities raised health concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the African nation. Juan Franco, mayor of the city of La Linea de la Concepcion, has signed a decree […]
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Photo: Sm105 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana. The draft African
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Photo: Rosa Cabecinhas and Alcino Cunha / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) South African police confirm two deaths of Mozambicans in Mossel Bay as anti-immigration violence sweeps country Mozambique said five of its nationals were killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa at the weekend and efforts were under way on Tuesday to repatriate hundreds
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Photo: Authors of the study: Kacper Szulecki & Indra Overland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Cuts in international support threaten the work of the women and men bringing hope to the world’s most vulnerable people Jean-Pierre Lacroix is UN under-secretary general for peace operations At a time when conflicts spill across borders, Am-Dafock –
France enacts landmark legislation to simplify the return of colonial-era artworks to Africa. The law removes a decades-old parliamentary hurdle and opens the door to mass restitutions.
On May 1, 2026, China extended zero-tariff treatment to all 53 African countries with diplomatic relations, eliminating barriers on the vast majority of traded goods in a landmark policy shift.
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More than 900 migrants died or disappeared along the Eastern Route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in 2025, making it the deadliest migration path on record. Thousands of survivors are now stranded in Djibouti, unable to continue their journey to Gulf states.
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China has extended its landmark zero-tariff policy to cover Africa’s 20 largest economies, giving 53 of the continent’s 54 nations preferential access to its massive market — a move with far-reaching implications for the continent’s trade future.
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As Iran war disrupts global oil markets, African nations from Ghana to Tanzania impose steep fuel hikes, with the World Bank warning of the continent’s largest energy price shock since 2022.
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In a historic move that could transform child health outcomes across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first-ever malaria treatment specifically formulated for newborns and young infants. The treatment—a pediatric formulation of artemether-lumefantrine, marketed as Coartem Baby—received WHO prequalification on April 24, 2026, just ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.
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At least 29 people were killed and several others injured when gunmen attacked a football viewing party in Gombi, Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, on Sunday evening. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the assault, which targeted young people watching a football match on a pitch in the town. Security sources told local media
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Mali’s ruling military junta is facing the most serious security crisis in over a decade after a sweeping coordinated offensive by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed the country’s defence minister, General Sadio Camara, and forced the withdrawal of Russian Africa Corps mercenaries from the historic northern city of Kidal. The attacks, launched on Saturday,
