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[UN News] In a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers arrived a few days ago to help bury a person who had died from Ebola. Instead, they were threatened, told armed rebels would be called if they stayed, and forced to leave.

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[Dabanga] Kubum / Kassala -- At least nine civilians were killed in a fresh drone attack on the town of Kubum in South Darfur on Thursday, four days after an earlier strike killed 20 people. The attack came as rights groups warned of escalating tribal tensions in the region, while tribal leader Mohamed El Amin Turk accused unnamed parties of deploying snipers in Kassala ahead of a rally by his supporters.

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[The Conversation Africa] Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the burning of an Ebola treatment facility in Mongbwalu, confrontations involving families seeking to reclaim the bodies of relatives who had died from the disease, and reports of police firing warning shots.

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[RFI] South Africa is once again facing a rise in anti-migrant tensions, with vigilante groups reportedly going door to door demanding that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country by the end of June. Post-apartheid specialist Cécile Perrot tells RFI the violence reflects deeper social and economic problems and that migrants have increasingly become scapegoats for poverty and unemployment.

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[RFI] Forty-nine people died of dehydration in a remote part of the Sahara desert in north-west Niger after the truck transporting them broke down, authorities said on Thursday.

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Pope Leo XIV has praised Spain for its stance on Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine, and for welcoming migrants, at the start of a weeklong state visit that marks the first papal trip to the country in fifteen years.

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Traders are facing significant losses after Uganda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to Ebola fears.

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Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna killing almost 4,000 people the city is getting back on its feet, but the trauma persists.

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[allAfrica] The U.S.-Africa Business Summit scheduled for July 26-29, 2026 in Mauritius July has been postponed. The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). the Summit organizer, along with the Government of Mauritius, made the decision ''out of an abundance of caution and in response to guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Mauritius Ministry of Health regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.''

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[Vanguard] Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been appointed Chairman of Botswana's Diamonds for Development Fund, a landmark initiative established by the Government of Botswana and De Beers Group to drive economic diversification and sustainable development in the Southern African nation.

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Displaced migrants following xenophobic violence in South Africa’s Western Cape province left the region by bus on Thursday.

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Fitch Ratings raised South Africa's credit rating on Friday, citing stronger fiscal discipline and lower-than-expected debt, marking its first upgrade of the country in more than two decades.

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The Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has released a propaganda video of the attack on 25 April 2026 against the Malian army camp and the airport in Sevaré, near Mopti, in central Mali.

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A hospital in the Ebola-hit region of Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo is overwhelmed by the huge number of patients.

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A committee of MPs has been formed to look at the case against Cyril Ramaphosa, but he may survive a vote.

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Economic community of west: The ECOWAS Commission, in collaboration with Women in Law and Development (WILDAF), organized a five-day training workshop in

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Eritrea seminar to nationals: Mr. Negassi Kassa, Eritrea’s Ambassador to the European Union and Benelux countries, conducted a seminar for nationals in

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Dr rasha kelej merck: Merck Foundation together with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health continues to build cancer care capacity by providing

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Eritrea training on photography: The Ministry of Information has provided two months of theoretical and practical training on photography and video

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Digital transformation journey takes: The sixth edition of ANGOTIC – International Information and Communication Technologies Forum (www.ANGOTIC.ao) –

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World bank group launches: Washington, USA, 05 June 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today