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Uganda battles new Ebola outbreak
A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain.
He knew something was wrong, and that he had two options – go to a hospital or believe the rumours…
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UN warns of DR Congo conflict spreading
The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from spreading across the region.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on Friday that the…
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10 dead in Alaska plane crash
Crews are still working to recover the bodies of 10 people killed in a plane crash in Alaska, officials have said.
Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the investigation into the crash was in its…
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Over 100 women raped, burnt alive after DR Congo jailbreak
In what has been termed a horrific report that has shocked the world, the United Nations has said that more than 100 women were raped and then burned alive after a jailbreak in the DRC.
The atrocities, described as “unspeakable acts of…
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Seventeen children burnt to death in Nigeria school
At least 17 children have died in a fire at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria, officials say.
Several other pupils were injured and rushed to health centres in the town of Kauran Namoda, Zamfara state, for treatment.
It is…
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Trump announces ban on transgender athletes in women’s Sports
In a historic and polarizing move, former President Donald J. Trump announced a sweeping policy change that would dramatically reshape the face of women’s sports in the United States. Standing before an enthusiastic
crowd at a rally in…
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China hits back against US tariffs
The trade war between the world's two biggest economies has escalated after China hit back against the introduction of tariffs by the US with measures of its own.
Beijing has set out to target specific American goods with retaliatory…
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Nigeria: 5 sentenced to death over ‘witchcraft’ murder
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft.
The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her…
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Toddler who has just days to live evacuated for urgent medical care
A Palestinian toddler forced to wait weeks for permission to leave Gaza for life saving medical treatment has finally arrived in Jordan. The girl is now in hospital receiving critical medical treatment.
Two-year-old Habiba al-Askari left…
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El Salvador offers to lock up US criminals in its mega-jail
El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US, including those with US citizenship, and house them in its mega-jail.
The deal was announced after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Salvadorean President Nayib…
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