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Colored scanning electron micrograph of Bundibugyo ebolavirus particles

Ebola Has a Near 7-in-10 Chance of Reaching South Sudan, Lancet Study Warns

A modeling study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases estimates a 69.3 percent probability that the DRC's Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak will import at least one case into South Sudan within three months, placing

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Health response to the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2026

Ebola Reaches Europe as DRC Outbreak Becomes Second Largest in History

A French doctor who worked in DRC's Ituri Province tested positive for Ebola on June 24, becoming the first EU case from an outbreak that has killed 291 people. Armed conflict is

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles, the pathogen behind the 2026 DRC outbreak

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

A French doctor who flew home from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the first confirmed Ebola case on European soil in the current outbreak, which stands

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Scientists wearing personal protective equipment during an Ebola outbreak response in DRC

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

France confirmed its first Ebola case on June 24 after a doctor returned from a humanitarian mission in DR Congo, the same day the DRC outbreak crossed 1,000 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo

June 26, 2026

Health·News

Displaced Sudanese civilians from Darfur arrive at a transit point, with the war's drone-warfare phase intensifying

Drone Strikes Killed Over 1,000 Civilians in Sudan This Year, the UN Says

UN High Commissioner Volker Turk says drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first five months of 2026, the year the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and

June 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Airtel Money IPO and Airtel Africa branding displayed with the London Stock Exchange ahead of the July 31 listing deadline

Airtel Africa Faces $515 Million Deadline as Airtel Money London IPO Race Enters Final Six Weeks

Airtel Africa is entering a critical phase in its long-awaited plan to take Airtel Money public, with just six weeks remaining before a contractual deadline that could carry major financial consequences for

June 17, 2026

News·Technology

Landsat satellite image of Beledweyne Somalia submerged by Shebelle River floodwaters in November 2023

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya has secured $700,000 in technical assistance from the UN's Santiago Network on Loss and Damage to build the systems for measuring climate disaster compensation — the first African country, and only

June 13, 2026

Climate·News

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Rigathi Gachagua, impeached as deputy president in 2024, has begun a 45-day retreat to try to unite Kenya's fractured opposition behind a single candidate against William Ruto in 2027, targeting the Mount

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

NASA SeaWiFS satellite image of East Africa including the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean coastline

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

The 11th Our Ocean Conference opens Monday in Mombasa, the first time the global ocean summit will be held on the African continent in its eleven-year history. Kenya is using the moment

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Ramaphosa Goes to Court to Stop His Own Impeachment Over the Cash in the Sofa

President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent bid at the Western Cape High Court to freeze the parliamentary inquiry that could impeach him over the Phala Phala scandal, the millions in foreign cash

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Ebola Has a Near 7-in-10 Chance of Reaching South Sudan, Lancet Study Warns

Ebola Reaches Europe as DRC Outbreak Becomes Second Largest in History

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

Drone Strikes Killed Over 1,000 Civilians in Sudan This Year, the UN Says

Airtel Africa Faces $515 Million Deadline as Airtel Money London IPO Race Enters Final Six Weeks

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

Ramaphosa Goes to Court to Stop His Own Impeachment Over the Cash in the Sofa

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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