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Health worker washes hands at Mpondwe border crossing between Uganda and DRC during 2026 Ebola outbreak

Kenya Has No Ebola Cases. The US Wants to Quarantine Americans There Anyway.

Two people are dead after protests erupted in Nanyuki over a US plan to quarantine Ebola-exposed Americans at a Kenyan air base. The country has no Ebola cases. The decision has exposed

June 7, 2026

Health·News

Russia-Africa Summit preparations as African nations confirm participation for October 2026 Moscow meeting

African Nations Are Streaming Confirmations Into Moscow for October Russia-Africa Summit, Foreign Ministry Says

Russia's Foreign Ministry says participation confirmations for the October 28-29 Moscow summit are arriving from across the continent, with African partners framing the summit as a path to digital, energy, and economic

June 6, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi at the lenacapavir HIV prevention launch in Secunda, Mpumalanga, June 2026

South Africa Launches Lenacapavir Without Washington, Building a New Blueprint for African Medical Sovereignty

On the same day world leaders gathered at the UN for a High-Level Meeting on AIDS, South Africa launched lenacapavir in Secunda without a cent of US support — and that exclusion

June 6, 2026

Health·News

Medical staff in PPE carry a patient at an Ebola treatment centre in DRC's Ituri province, 2026

Ebola 2026 Is an Audit of Every Promise Made After 2014 — and the World Is Failing It

Twelve years after the 2014 West Africa Ebola crisis, the infrastructure built to prevent a repeat has been gutted. The 2026 Bundibugyo outbreak in the DRC and Uganda is the result —

June 4, 2026

Health·News

SPIEF 2026 delegates exhibition hall St Petersburg Russia Africa Summit October 2026 Moscow trade

Russia Sets Economic Agenda for Third Africa Summit as Moscow Seeks Trade Parity at SPIEF 2026

Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed at SPIEF 2026 that the October Moscow summit will center exclusively on trade and investment, even as analysts note Moscow's economic footprint in Africa remains a fraction of

June 4, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Smoke rises from Port Sudan fuel depot after RSF drone strike amid Sudan's proxy war

Rubio Blames UAE-Saudi Rift for Blocking US Peace Bid in Sudan’s Proxy War

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on Wednesday that the conflict in Sudan has become a proxy war involving multiple countries, with the UAE-Saudi Arabia divide specifically obstructing Washington's ability to

June 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Vladimir Putin addresses African leaders at the Russia-Africa Summit

Putin to Use Tanzania Visit to Rally Africa Behind October Moscow Summit

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan arrives in Moscow on June 3 for a rare state visit — only the second by a Tanzanian head of state in 57 years — as the

June 2, 2026

Business·Government and Politics·News

Laboratory technologist in protective equipment at Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe Uganda during Ebola outbreak 2026

Ebola Closes a Border: Uganda Shuts Entry From Congo as Cases Near 1,200 and the US Scrambles to Keep the Virus Out

Uganda has sealed its border with Congo after Ebola cases crossed into the country, defying WHO guidance, as the Trump administration races to prevent the deadly Bundibugyo virus from reaching American soil.

May 28, 2026

Health·News

Health worker in protective equipment screens travelers during Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Kampala Uganda

Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads in DRC and Uganda as Oxford Races to Field a Vaccine

The lab results came back on a Friday, and by sundown the rumors that had passed along the dirt roads of Ituri Province for nearly a month had a name. The fever

May 24, 2026

Health·News

Ambulance carrying American Ebola patient Dr. Peter Stafford arrives at Charité hospital in Berlin on May 20, 2026

White House Resisted Bringing American Doctor With Ebola Home as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads

The opening on May 20 of an isolation ward at Berlin’s Charité University Hospital was supposed to be the ending of an American doctor’s harrowing journey. It became, instead, the start of

May 21, 2026

Health·News

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Kenya Has No Ebola Cases. The US Wants to Quarantine Americans There Anyway.

African Nations Are Streaming Confirmations Into Moscow for October Russia-Africa Summit, Foreign Ministry Says

South Africa Launches Lenacapavir Without Washington, Building a New Blueprint for African Medical Sovereignty

Ebola 2026 Is an Audit of Every Promise Made After 2014 — and the World Is Failing It

Russia Sets Economic Agenda for Third Africa Summit as Moscow Seeks Trade Parity at SPIEF 2026

Rubio Blames UAE-Saudi Rift for Blocking US Peace Bid in Sudan’s Proxy War

Putin to Use Tanzania Visit to Rally Africa Behind October Moscow Summit

Ebola Closes a Border: Uganda Shuts Entry From Congo as Cases Near 1,200 and the US Scrambles to Keep the Virus Out

Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads in DRC and Uganda as Oxford Races to Field a Vaccine

White House Resisted Bringing American Doctor With Ebola Home as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads

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