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After a decade at the helm of Benin, President Patrice Talon is preparing to hand over power this Sunday, 24 May 2026.

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Jeanette, the voice behind the iconic song Porque te vas from 1976’s Cría Cuervos, led celebrations in Cannes as France marked the film’s 50th anniversary with a restored screening and live performance at the Cannes Film Festival.

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The outbreak, caused by a rare Ebola species, is thought to have caused 139 deaths so far.

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Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to identify the outbreak and that allowed it to spread faster.

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[allAfrica] Sierra Leone has become the latest African nation to receive migrants deported from the United States as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

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An albino buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” draws huge crowds near Dhaka ahead of Eid al-Adha, as visitors flock to see its rare blond coat.

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Sierra Leone has become the latest African nation to receive deportees from the United States as President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign continues to expand, with a first batch of nine migrants landing at Freetown International Airport on Wednesday.

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[Bhekisisa] On June 5, South Africa is about to begin one of its most important HIV prevention drives in decades. The country will start to roll out an HIV prevention injection that has to be taken only twice a year. Will the launch become more than a symbolic event that shows what serious HIV prevention leadership looks like at a time when donor funding is shrinking and global uncertainty is growing?

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is named in Egypt's preliminary World Cup squad, which will be trimmed by one player this month.

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Rescuers search rubble in southern Lebanon after Israeli strikes kill at least 19, including women and children, despite an extended ceasefire.

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In the eastern Congolese town of Rwampara, silence hung heavy over the general hospital as healthcare workers in full protective suits carried bodies into disinfected coffins.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has welcomed South Africa's multimillion-dollar contribution to support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda's response to the Ebola outbreak.

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[New Times] Popular Ugandan dance group Ghetto Kids are set to share the stage with Colombian pop superstar Shakira during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final in New Jersey on July 19.

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[Nile Post] A fresh debate has erupted in Uganda over the naming of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus strain, with diplomats, journalists, and sections of the public questioning why a deadly disease variant continues to carry the name of a Ugandan district despite modern World Health Organization naming protocols discouraging the use of geographic locations.

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[The Conversation Africa] The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths.

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[The Conversation Africa] Built in the 1950s to generate electricity, Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe has since supported activities such as tourism, fishing and conservation. All of these are affected by changes in water levels.

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[UN News] Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is relying on a rapid, community-centred response to halt transmission in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, a senior official has told UN News.

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[RFI] Cluster bombs, banned under an international treaty, have been used for the first time by Mali's army and its Russian allies in the country's north, where jihadist groups, separatist movements and the army have been fighting for more than a decade.

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[UN News] The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday underscored the need to effectively re-open the Strait of Hormuz and expand UN Security Council membership to curb the impunity of veto-wielding "superpowers".