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Despair and anger in Conakry after deadly landfill collapse 24 Aug 2026 - 05:15 pm
Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026.
Death toll rises to 30 in Guinea rubbish dump landslide 23 Aug 2026 - 09:11 pm
Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast, 13 missing 22 Aug 2026 - 09:24 pm
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Ethiopian Airlines to expand services to DR Congo capital 22 Aug 2026 - 06:08 pm
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More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DRC 22 Aug 2026 - 12:37 pm
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be 3 times larger than official count Africa CDC 20 Aug 2026 - 09:05 pm
A medical worker puts on a protective suit at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Aug. 16, 2026. (Xinhua)
More than 50 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria: local source 20 Aug 2026 - 08:03 pm
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Seven including Ecuadorian intelligence chief die in helicopter crash in central Kenya 20 Aug 2026 - 12:02 am
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Over 100 killed in gold mine collapse in Central African Republic 19 Aug 2026 - 11:45 pm
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Gold mine collapse kills at least 100 people in C.Africa: local sources 19 Aug 2026 - 05:42 pm
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Tourist helicopter crashes in Kenya, no survivors 19 Aug 2026 - 02:37 pm
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief 18 Aug 2026 - 05:34 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
DR Congo govt says Ebola outbreak now deadliest ever 17 Aug 2026 - 11:31 am
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Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs meets Qatar's Ambassador 16 Aug 2026 - 12:46 pm
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Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police 15 Aug 2026 - 08:12 pm
Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)
Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence 15 Aug 2026 - 08:47 am
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
Ebola killing a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN 14 Aug 2026 - 11:57 pm
Medical worker performing disinfection before burying deceased person infected with Ebola in DR Congo. Xinhua file photo.
Violence in Sudan continues to imperil civilians: UN 14 Aug 2026 - 11:04 pm
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows residents inspecting a drone-attacked mosque in Al-Droshab, north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Aug. 12, 2026. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)