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Ethiopian, Tigrayan forces launch hotline as new peace talks begin
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a cease-fire struck l
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Uganda to close schools nationwide after 8 children died of Ebola
Uganda will close schools nationwide later in November after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight
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S.African man found guilty of 90 rapes targeting schoolgirls
A South African court on Tuesday found a man guilty of 90 counts of rape, some involving children as young as 9, in a ca
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Tanzania plane wreckage removed from Lake Victoria; investigation under way
Tanzanian authorities on Tuesday said the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Lake Victoria has been pulled out of the w
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Fear and fortitude in Uganda's Ebola epicenter
Doctors work inside an isolation center in Mubende, Uganda in late October. Photo: AFPAs Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Seny
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France ends anti-jihadist operation in Sahel region
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the official end of the French military operation Barkhane in th
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WHO urges ‘immediate’ food, medical aid for Tigray
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for a massive influx of food and medicines into Ethiopia's
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Parties in Ethiopia’s conflict agree to start implementing truce
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation o
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Tanzania orders stronger disaster response
Tanzania's president on Monday ordered officials to strengthen the country's disaster response at an emergency
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First international aid arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray since cease-fire
Ethiopia's Tigray region on Tuesday welcomed the first international aid delivery since a truce to end fighting, wi
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African hunger to increase: UN
As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger acros
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Ebola vaccine candidates to be shipped to Uganda: WHO
Three Ebola vaccine candidates for a planned clinical trial are expected to be shipped to Uganda next week, World Health
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UN deeply concerned about violence in S.Sudan
This file photo shows South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) troops at the Rajap Police Academy in Juba, capit
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South African government welcomes COP27 draft outcomes text
Participants tour the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same n
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Survival guaranteed
A man carries bananas that he collected at a farm in Taita Taveta, Kenya. File photo: AFPSandwiched between rolling hill
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Turkey pushes high-level normalization with Egypt
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President on the sidelines of the Shanghai Coopera
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South African power utility runs out of cash for diesel fuel supplies
Cape Town Photo: VCGSouth Africa's government was scrambling on Monday to find money to buy diesel and avoid severe
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Namibia pulls down statue of German colonizer
Windhoek, the captial city of Namibia Photo: VCGAuthorities in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Wednesday took down an
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UN strongly condemns airfield attack in SE CAR
Families displaced from the conflict watch as a convoy of Moroccan peacekeepers from the United Nations Integrated Multi
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Uganda extends Ebola lockdown in two hot spots
A Congolese man is screened for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the Mpondwe border, Kasese District, Western Uganda, June 1
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