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The Zambian authorities have announced that they were stepping up their health campaign to combat cholera, a disease that has been on the rise since October and has already claimed the lives of nearly a hundred people in the southern…

European leaders visiting Tunisia held out the promise of more than 1 billion euros in financial aid as well as investments in undersea data cables and renewable energy in an effort to stem migration from its shores to Europe and restore…

The U. S. vice president has ended her weeklong trip across Africa. Kamala Harris met with Zambia's, Tanzania's and Ghana's heads of state during her 3-leg journey. If the influence of other foreign powers loomed over her trip, she tried…

The Gambia step up its health measures including better quality control over imported medicines after the mysterious death of dozens of children. The Gambian president Adama Barrow address the nation on the incident. "Fellow Gambians,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African countries to ramp up the implementation of a new roadmap, which was launched on Thursday, to curb outbreaks of bacterial meningitis on the continent by 2030. Meningitis is a dangerous…

Mozambique has detected a case of wild poliovirus, the first in 30 years, after neighbouring Malawi reported a similar detection three months ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The case was diagnosed in a child in the…

As part of the fight against the recruitment of children into armed groups, several small children aged between 8 and 12 are encouraged to invest their efforts in agricultural activities. In Goma, North Kivu, East of the Democratic…

For the first time in a decade, a group of around one hundred mostly European tourists have visited the historic oasis town of Ghadames, deep in the desert. The convoy of vehicles was accompanied by the police, there to guarantee…

Algeria has urged the African Union member countries to establish a special fund dedicated to tackling impacts of climate change in Africa, state-run. The call was made by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at a video conference of…