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Wicknell Chivayo divided opinion in life and continues to do so in death.

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The group was kidnapped earlier this month while travelling for a community service programme

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South Africa is aiming to host the first ever Olympics on the African continent. This after it was named as one of seven countries that will officially put forward their case to stage the 2036 Games in November.

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Kenya is not in the grips of an ebola outbreak, the country's health secretary insisted on Wednesday, in the wake of Kenya's first death from the disease.

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Residents of Adigrat tell the BBC they have seen truck loads of soldiers from Eritrea moving south.

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Ghana's cabinet has given the green light to a decision to formally apply to join the BRICS geopolitical and economic bloc, according to the country's foreign minister.

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Africa will launch its own credit rating agency on Wednesday, aimed at countering what many see as unfair assessments by global institutions that make it more expensive for African nations to borrow money.

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Uganda's Capital Markets Authority on Tuesday approved the participation of its domestic investors in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery's initial public offering.

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In southern Madagascar, residents are bracing themselves for the impact due in the coming months of the El Nino warming pattern, which experts expect to be the strongest on record.

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Eritrean troops have been deployed in recent days around the town of Adigrat, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a local official and residents told AFP on Wednesday.

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French scientist Henri B Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai have been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for offering a solution to the chemical mystery of life's asymmetry.

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Several Nairobi residents expressed fear and concern on Wednesday, a day after Kenyan authorities announced the country's first-ever Ebola death.

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The patient passed through multiple cities in DR Congo, drove to Uganda and eventually flew to Kenya.

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[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- The 54 WHO recognized African countries represent nearly 30% of WHO Membership. Therefore, when leaders of this global health institution are selected, Africans should have the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates: their vision, priorities, and commitments to our continent.

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It says the north-eastern region now accounts for nearly 40 per cent of all newly confirmed incidents nationwide.

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Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the third anniversary of the October 7 attack that killed 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage. In Gaza, the territory's almost two million people live in ruins.

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Wada president Witold Banka says Kenya must strengthen testing, investigations and anti-doping enforcement before hosting the 2029 World Athletics Championships.

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[Africa CDC] A 2026 Lancet Global Health analysis using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data finds that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are accounting for a growing share of Africa's health burden.

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The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union on Tuesday called on the government to protect health workers, after the country reported its first case of Ebola.

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The education ministry says the decision was driven 'primarily by the need to ensure the safety and protection' of children.