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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

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South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

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Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

High Court rules 50-year Anglo lead poisoning case is 'untenable'

Felix Njini and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 17 Dec 2023

File photo: United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria, 13 February 023. Reuters/Firas Makdesi

UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

11 Dec 2023

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Turkey aids Palestinian cancer patients amid Israel-Hamas conflict

16 Nov 2023

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5 ways Google Health is using AI in Africa

24 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Following last night's deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza, US President Joe Biden's trip to Jordan has been cancelled.

High casualties reported in Gaza hospital strike

18 Oct 2023

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AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Unicef pledges $270m to support poverty alleviation in Nigeria

Felix Onuah 23 Aug 2023

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Lung cancer: Global transformative action needed

Esra Erkomay 3 Aug 2023

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023