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Mpox no longer international health emergency but remains concern in Africa

‘While we are removing the emergency, we need to keep the urgency,’ says independent panel of experts for the WHO.

Al Jazeera

WHO chief says the mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency

The World Health Organization says it no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency

The Independent UK

Congo's health ministry announces a new Ebola outbreak

Congo’s health ministry has announced a new Ebola outbreak, the 16th in the central African country, after a case was confirmed in the southern Kasai province

The Independent UK

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Ripple's Foray Into Africa's Stablecoin Market Could Replace Tether's USDT With RLUSD

In its efforts to make the RLUSD stablecoin globally available, Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) has partnered with Africa-based companies to provide it to institutions in Africa.

Benzinga

BBC has a long history in Africa. New book offers a critical take on the broadcaster

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established its first radio transmitter sites in Africa in the 1930s, to reach the British colonies and beyond. It became a model for radio in Africa and later a model for TV news.

The Conversation

Ghana’s films don’t often make it to Netflix – local solutions may be the answer

African filmmakers have long faced challenges in securing wide-scale distribution for their films. In this context, digital platforms such as Netflix and YouTube have been hailed as bringing huge new opportunities.

The Conversation

Where to see today's blood moon lunar eclipse

The September 2025 total lunar eclipse will bring a blood-red moon to skies across Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe — if you know where to look.

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Trump’s aid cuts leave countries across Africa running out of crucial contraception

Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe abortions, writes Rachel Schraer

The Independent UK

Trained ‘hero rats’ with sensitive noses and tiny backpacks are saving lives

From detecting land mines to sniffing out tuberculosis

The Independent UK

'Blood Moon' To Rise During Total Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night

Stargazers will have a chance to see a "Blood Moon" on Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and Africa.

International Business Times

Patrick Hemingway, last surviving child of literary giant Ernest Hemingway, dies at 97

Patrick's most ambitious undertaking was the editing of ‘True at First Light,’ a fictionalised account of Ernest Hemingway's time in Africa

The Independent UK

How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

The introduction of television in Australia in 1956 coincided with mass post-war immigration, initially from Britain and Europe, and later from Asia, the Americas and Africa. Both played a significant role in forming modern society.

The Conversation

We decoded the oldest genetic data from an Egyptian, a man buried around 4,500 years ago – what it told us

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare insight into the genetic ancestry of early Egyptians and reveals links to both ancient north Africa and Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq and parts of…

The Conversation

Ethiopia’s emergency medical response system is up and running – what other countries can learn from it

Ethiopia has built a national emergency medical team and hosts Africa’s first World Health Organization (WHO)-certified regional training hub. It offers a robust, African-led model for strengthening health emergency response systems across the continent.

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Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted

LiveScience

1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Republic of Georgia — and it may be earliest evidence yet of Homo erectus

A new fossil find in the Republic of Georgia is expanding our understanding of the earliest humans to leave Africa.

The Guardian - UK

Tony Somerset obituary

Other lives: Educational consultant who helped to improve teaching methods and organisation in Africa and Asia

The Independent UK

3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say

Three men deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison without charge for seven weeks

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Burkina Faso criminalises homosexuality in far-reaching family law reform

Burkina Faso has joined a growing list of African nations tightening laws against same-sex relations, with an extensive new code set to reshape family and nationality rules.

The Conversation

South African hunters chewed the kanna plant for endurance: new study tests its effects on mouse brain chemistry

Sceletium tortuosum is a little succulent plant that grows in the semi-arid Karoo and Namaqualand regions of South Africa. It has a long history of traditional use among the hunter-gatherers of the region.

The Conversation

Breast cancer: new study finds genetic risk in African women

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women.

Al Jazeera

‘I felt helpless’: Ethiopian doctors held, harassed for seeking better pay

Among lowest-paid medics in East Africa, Ethiopia’s doctors face state crackdown in strike for better working conditions

Benzinga

TotalEnergies Expands West Africa Footprint With New Offshore Exploration Licenses

TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) opened September with two significant exploration agreements, reinforcing its upstream portfolio across Africa.

Euronews

Dementia cases are rising in Africa amid population shift, leaving families unsure how to help

As the population of older people increases across the African continent, experts are seeing a spike in new diagnoses of dementia.

Radio France Internationale

Spotlight on Africa: Rwanda’s new migrant deal, Malawi’s first solar-powered village

Spotlight on Africa returns after the summer break. In this episode, we travel first to Rwanda and then on to Malawi. We begin by examining how the United States, along with some European powers, is looking to third countries in Africa to take in illegal migrants, with particular focus on…

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