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An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS

Health

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases of unspecified variant

The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy who developed symptoms last month after travelling to South Africa, the statement said. The second case was in a 24-year-old man who fell ill after...

Members of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra march in the streets to demonstrate against illegal mining locally known as 'galamsey', in Accra, Ghana. October 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Africa

Hundreds march against Ghana's damaging informal gold mining boom

Flooding in the desert town of Merzouga. Extratropical storms may change weather conditions in the region in the coming months and years. Photo: AP/UNB

Climate Change

Rare image shows first floods in Sahara in 50 years

A prospector sorts gold particles found at gold mine in Walungu territory of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 10, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Africa

US rules on conflict minerals have not reduced violence in Congo: watchdog

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

Health

US CDC to issue second-highest travel alert for Rwanda on Marburg outbreak

A general view shows the Nation Centre and Lonrho Africa building in central business district in downtown Nairobi, Kenya February 18, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Africa

Western nations urge Kenya to seek IMF review of corruption issues: sources

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

Africa

Kenya's parliament launches motion to impeach deputy president

The UAE flag flies over a boat at Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. File Photo: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters

Africa

UAE says residence of its ambassador in Khartoum attacked by Sudanese military

Somali security officers cordon off the area of the wreckage of a rickshaw at the scene of an explosion on a bomb-rigged car that was parked on a road near the National Theatre in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia September 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Africa

At least six killed by bomb blasts in Somalia

Demonstrators hold flags and signs during a protest against President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia September 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Africa

Tunisians protest against president ahead of election

World+Biz

US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2023. Photo: RIA Novosti via REUTERS/File Photo

Politics

Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds as he attends the opening ceremony of the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit alongside Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Kenya's President William Ruto and other leaders, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

China

China stops short of Africa debt relief as pledges more cash