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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg | Mining

Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in...

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr | Egypt

Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and...

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official | Global development

The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As...

Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts | Marco Rubio

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) was “a little late” in identifying the deadly...

WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases and deaths rise in DRC | Ebola

Global health leaders are considering whether vaccines or medicines still in development could be used to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the...

‘It’s heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola | Democratic Republic of the Congo

“On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town...

Belgian ex-diplomat dies before standing trial over 1961 murder of Congolese leader | Patrice Lumumba

A 93-year-old Belgian former diplomat who became the first person to be charged in the murder of the Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba has died...

Trump says Islamic State ‘second in command’ killed by US and Nigerian forces | Islamic State

Donald Trump has said US and Nigerian forces killed the “second in command” global leader of the Islamic State.“Tonight, at my direction, brave American...

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | Global development

An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to African health officials.There have been 246 suspected...

Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the US | US immigration

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after...

UN urges Equatorial Guinea to halt plans to return US deportees to home countries | World news

Human rights experts at the United Nations issued a rare public appeal to Equatorial Guinea, urging the West African country to halt its plans...

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