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Health workers disinfect an ambulance in Ituri, Congo, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Africa

First person vaccinated – in UK – in Ebola jab trial amid DRC outbreak

The first dose of the rapidly developed vaccine was administered to Ed Hunt, a 37-year-old volunteer, said Britain’s Oxford University.

Africa

DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 1,000 in fastest outbreak on record

China trade

China’s imports from Africa surge after Beijing expands zero-tariff policy

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Africa

Ebola outbreak is ‘fastest growing ever’ as 600 die in DR Congo

The number of cases is doubling every 28 days, health authorities say, warning that the virus is moving faster than the response.

A health worker takes a woman’s temperature in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in June. Photo: TNS
A health worker takes a woman’s temperature in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in June. Photo: TNS
Sexual harassment and assault

Cardinal in Morocco steps back from duties after sexual assault claims

Spanish-born Cristobal Lopez Romero, who denies wrongdoing, was seen by some as a potential successor to Pope Francis in the 2025 conclave.

Egypt

Egypt inaugurates the ‘Octagon’, a mega military HQ larger than the Pentagon

Egypt’s president dons uniform to open the defence complex in the new administrative capital in the desert.

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Africa

‘End this very dangerous disease’: Ebola treatment trial begins in Congo

The launch of two experimental treatments, in collaboration with the WHO and other international health groups, brings a glimmer of hope.

Health workers in Bunia, eastern Congo, where Ebola clinical trials are scheduled to take place. Photo: AP
Health workers in Bunia, eastern Congo, where Ebola clinical trials are scheduled to take place. Photo: AP
Africa

‘Stain on conscience’: Sudan’s RSF committed ethnic cleansing, says Amnesty

The organisation also accuses paramilitaries of widespread violence against children, including murder, rape and forced recruitment.

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Ebola virus

Person in UK tests negative for Ebola amid rising cases in Africa

The central African outbreak has killed over 360 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

South Africa

Thousands protest in South Africa against immigration

Amid high unemployment, and a growing global backlash against foreigners, organisers want them to leave. 25,000 have already done so.

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Protesters in Pretoria chant slogans on Tuesday during a demonstration marking an unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. Photo: AFP
Africa

Switzerland returns 18 historic Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The repatriation marks the latest victory in Africa’s push to reclaim priceless artefacts looted by British colonial forces.

Statues returned by the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich and Museum Rietberg. Photo: EPA
Statues returned by the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich and Museum Rietberg. Photo: EPA
Africa

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo at 1,274, including 360 deaths

The current strain could be more slow-moving in the body, experts say, meaning early symptoms may be mistaken for more common illnesses.

Africa

Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

France

Ebola virus confirmed by France in doctor who worked in DR Congo

The medic had been on a humanitarian mission to a virus transmission zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Health workers tend to an Ebola patient in Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 18. Photo: AP
Africa

Ethiopian PM’s party secures landslide win in national election

Ruling Prosperity Party secures nearly 90 per cent of contested parliamentary seats amid a fractured opposition and widespread security disruptions.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Photo: Ethiopia News Agency via Reuters
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Photo: Ethiopia News Agency via Reuters
Africa

At least 30 deaths at DR Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

All the victims had symptoms including headaches, fever and vomiting, which are associated with Ebola.

Africa

Vietnamese deported to South Sudan under Trump’s controversial scheme goes home

At least seven African nations have agreed to accept deportees who are not their own citizens as part of arrangements with the US.

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Africa

Al-Qaeda-linked militants claim deadly attack on airport in Niger’s capital

Security forces kill 22 assailants to repel a heavy morning raid on Diori Hamani International Airport.

In January, the airport and an adjoining military drone base were targeted in an attack. Photo: Planet Labs PBC via AFP
In January, the airport and an adjoining military drone base were targeted in an attack. Photo: Planet Labs PBC via AFP
Banking & finance

Open Questions | AIIB chief Zou Jiayi on financing Asia’s green transition

President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on how it bridges differences to build a more sustainable, climate-resilient world.

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Africa

Manhunt in South Africa for attackers who killed 12 in mass shooting

More than 10 gunmen ambushed a Johannesburg informal settlement, leaving nine others wounded in a late-night rampage.

Africa

Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest

Hundreds of activists join protest against plans to build on part of a national ‌park in Kenya’s capital.

Kenya’s former chief justice and presidential contender David Maraga, centre, being shielded by protesters. Photo: Reuters
Africa

WHO chief visits Ebola-hit Uganda after virus spreads from DRC

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also recently visited the DRC, which has seen 515 confirmed infections, including 91 deaths, the UN says.

Members of a Congolese Red Cross team place the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola on a truck ahead of her burial at her home in Bunia. Photo: AFP
Members of a Congolese Red Cross team place the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola on a truck ahead of her burial at her home in Bunia. Photo: AFP
United States

US to send third-country deportees to Central African Republic

Amid demonstrations across the US against Trump’s immigration policies, the impoverished African country has agreed to take deported migrants from other countries.

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Africa

DR Congo’s health workers fight Ebola with little pay and rest as crisis worsens

Active community transmission spikes as the WHO scrambles to fund a US$518 million containment plan.

Africa

WHO warns nearly 500 confirmed Ebola cases in Central Africa outbreak

The figure marks an increase of 100 cases and 20 deaths from Friday, amid growing concern over the scale of the epidemic.

A woman walks past the General Referral Hospital in Mongbwalu, DR Congo, on Friday. Photo: AP
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