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World / Africa

'All the way': Egypt dare to dream after gritty Belgium draw 16 Jun 2026 - 11:05 am
Egyptian football fans watch their national team's 2026 World Cup Group G football match against Belgium, at an outdoor cafe in the Sharabiya district of Cairo on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / various sources / AFP)
South Africa says 2,745 foreigners sent home in a week 14 Jun 2026 - 07:20 pm
Migrants wave to people their goodbyes as the first of seven buses leave the Sherwood Park in Durban on June 14, 2026. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
DRC records 710 confirmed ebola cases and 139 deaths 14 Jun 2026 - 12:39 pm
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Ghana protests to Canada after player Partey is denied visa for World Cup 13 Jun 2026 - 04:11 pm
File photo: Former Arsenal Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on September 17, 2025. Ghana's player Thomas Partey, who is facing trial in Britain (Photo by Carlos Jasso / AFP)
Uganda slams 'unfair' Ebola air travel restrictions 13 Jun 2026 - 10:57 am
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Ebola in Uganda is 'under control': Africa CDC 11 Jun 2026 - 08:11 pm
A health worker wearing a face mask as part of his personal protection equipment (PPE) looks on at the Mulago National Referral Hospital isolation unit in Kampala, Uganda, on July 8, 2026. Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP
Gunmen shoot 12 dead near Johannesburg: S.African police 10 Jun 2026 - 12:28 pm
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WHO chief in Uganda to help anti-Ebola effort 08 Jun 2026 - 02:52 pm
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WHO chief visits Ebola-hit Uganda 08 Jun 2026 - 01:16 pm
File photo: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visit to DR Congo
Boko Haram frees hundreds kidnapped in northeast Nigeria 07 Jun 2026 - 02:59 pm
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WHO, Africa CDC launch $518 mn plan to combat Ebola outbreak 05 Jun 2026 - 04:21 pm
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Nigeria repatriating over 1,000 nationals from South Africa as tensions rise 05 Jun 2026 - 02:53 pm
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WHO warns Ebola outbreak had 'big head-start' but response 'catching up' 03 Jun 2026 - 05:17 pm
A passenger's temperature is checked at Bunia Airport in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 3, 2026. Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI / AFP
Uganda confirms 6 new Ebola cases, total rises to 15 02 Jun 2026 - 03:43 pm
A researcher works inside the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda. (Xinhua/Nie Zuguo)
US expels new group of West Africans to Ghana, lawyer says 30 May 2026 - 08:40 pm
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WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo 30 May 2026 - 04:17 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP)
Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine center set to open on Friday 29 May 2026 - 03:41 pm
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Eight students arrested over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school 29 May 2026 - 02:52 pm
Relatives gather and wait for news of their loved ones at the Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Gilgil, north of the capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP)