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3 months ago

355 people arrested as Murkomen hails peaceful anniversary protests

Police arrest at least 355 people during Gen Z anniversary protests, Interior CS Murkomen says suspects to face vandalism and robbery charges.

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3 months ago

From Rotten Tomatoes to AI: Ugandan Commonwealth Youth Award Winner Takes Aim at Hunger Across Africa

Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda is the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year. Her award was announced at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London, where she was also named the Africa...

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3 months ago

In West Africa’s Benin, Women Make Centuries-Old Salt Production Methods Sustainable

It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach on the outskirts of Djégbadji village, in West Africa’s Benin, sifting through mounds of salt harvested from the Gulf of Guinea’s ocean. Larg...

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3 months ago

Luo nation will not take part in protests, MPs say

According to the MPs, the Government has gone to the region with peace and projects and the people should not respond with stones and protests.

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3 months ago

Lives at risk in DR Congo as Ebola outbreak continues to outpace response

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread faster than aid efforts can keep pace, despite significant gains in treatment capacity and growing community engage...

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3 months ago

Duale summoned for contempt sentencing over Ebola quarantine facility

Health CS Duale is expected to appear before High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi on Tuesday after she raised concerns about the construction of the facility despite existing court orders.

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3 months ago

Merck Foundation provides more than 2,600 scholarships for healthcare providers

MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka Merck Foundation has provided more than 2,600 scholarships for healthcare providers from 52 countries in 44 critical and underserved specialties. Many of the alumni have becom...

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4 months ago

Trump Declared Peace in Congo. This Is the Reality

“General” Sultani Makenga stood before thousands of newly trained armed group recruits in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in February and offered them a promise. “You are now part of an army that...

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4 months ago

The Last Bottle of Halothane: Why Africa Cannot Wait

Global health has a habit of mobilizing around the visible and the dramatic. Ebola, malaria, and Mpox have all dominated headlines related to Africa in recent years, and understandably so. But nobody...

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4 months ago

From Victoria to Mombasa: Will Africa’s Ocean Voice Be Heard?

Tomorrow, Africa hosts the Our Ocean Conference on its own shores for the first time, in Mombasa. This is more than a diplomatic milestone. It is a test of whether we, as Africans, are prepared to saf...

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4 months ago

Africa Needs a Radical Plan to Tackle 15M Youth Job Crisis

Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement them, leaders said at an inaugural forum convened to promote action on development. Addressing the inaugural Africa Developme...

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4 months ago

Cinemas offer a platform for stories of resistance amid shrinking civic spaces in Africa

As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.