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WHO Declares Egypt Malaria-Free After 100-Year Effort
Egypt has officially been declared free of malaria by the World Health Organization (WHO), a major success for the country. The WHO called this achievement "truly historic."
Malaria has been a problem in Egypt for thousands of years, but…
Mozambique: Police Restrict Protesters Following Political Killings
In Mozambique, police suppressed an opposition protest on Monday morning in central Maputo.
The opposition leader and presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane was addressing the press, when police targeted his campaign…
Cameroon’s President Finally Seen In Public
Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has been seen in public for the first time in six weeks amid speculation about his ailing health.
His absence from the public eye led to unfounded rumours of his…
Seven-Story Block Collapses In Northern Nairobi
Residents of a seven-storey apartment building in the Kenyan capital escaped the worst.
Shocking footage showed the apartment block, in Kahawa West, reduced to rubble after it abruptly collapsed .
In a statement…
Mozambique: Gunmen kill two opposition figures
Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result.
New…
NYC-bound Boeing 767 makes emergency stop in Senegal
A Delta Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft bound for New York made an emergency stop due to a technical incident at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal, the West African nation's transport ministry said.
The pilot was able to…
Global South experts see BRICS expansion as positive
Global South experts believe the recent expansion of the BRICS bloc of developing economies is a good thing.
"Any expansion would mean that there are more voices to those who were unheard, more voices to those people who were left out in…
Ivory Coast dissolves powerful student unions after deaths
Ivory Coast's government has announced a ban on all student unions following the deaths of two students and the arrest of 17 suspects in a confrontation between police and a student association with connections to some of the most powerful…
South Africa demands Taiwan to move out embassy
South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its de facto embassy out of its administrative capital, Pretoria.
It has given Taipei six months to relocate its liaison office to the commercial hub of Johannesburg.
The decision is seen as…
Murder, Rape And Torture Allegations Hit Ivory Coast Student Union
All student unions in Ivory Coast are being shut down, the government has announced, after the killing of two students which is being blamed on the powerful Student and School Federation (Fesci).
Several Fesci members have been…