Africa

Africa

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How US is using cash and threats to dump migrants in Africa

Lawyers say deportees have been thrown into a "legal black hole," held without charge in countries where they have no ties and few if any rights.

A physician uses a thermal gun to check the temperature of a female patient. Photo: BSS/AFP

Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 16 May, 2026. Photo: Reuters

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

Attendees at the second Pan African Conference, Brussels, August 31 to September 2 1921. Photo: Unknown author - Pan-Africanism, Africana Age, NYPL exhibtion http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/photos/panafricanism/1953714.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56718666

The Pan-African Congress and its role in African liberation

Protesters cheer next to a Madagascar military vehicle during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 11 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy

Madagascar president warns of coup attempt as more soldiers join protests

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin chairs an inter-ministerial meeting to explore business opportunities in Africa in Dhaka on 15 January. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh renews efforts to explore opportunities in Africa

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Bangladesh eyes enhanced diplomatic, economic ties with Africa

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Air link to Africa will help Bangladesh become regional aviation hub: Touhid

The hands of a patient with skin rashes caused by the mpox virus are pictured at the treatment center of Vijana Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Mpox cases on African continent show 500% increase year-on-year

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua attends a memorial service for the pupils who died after a fatal fire at the Hillside Endarasha Academy within Kieni in Nyeri County, Kenya September 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's parliament launches motion to impeach deputy president

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters outside the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) building on the Financial Street in Beijing, China February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

China's lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years: study

Dr Pascaline Kahindo, checks the treatment progress on the feet of patient Ajuamungu Ntuyehe, undergoing the treatment of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

German infection expert: mpox vaccine's best use is in Africa right now

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Sudan faces famine risk in 14 areas, global hunger monitor says