The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is demanding accountability for more than $700 million in funding intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after a verification exercise failed to trace the money to the structures carrying out the response on the ground.
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Kenya’s rich athletics heritage will play host to the World Athletics Championships after winning the bid for the 2029 edition, the first time in Africa.
The 48,000-capacity Kasarani Stadium in the capital Nairobi will host the event.
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Five-time Grammy award winner Angélique Kidjo has made history as the first African musician to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Chad has put the International Criminal Court (ICC) on notice of its withdrawal, joining Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Venezuela in starting the process of quitting the tribunal.
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The first batch of around 300 Ghanaian nationals departed OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg Ghana began a voluntary repatriation programme for citizens wanting to leave South Africa amid growing anti-immigrant tensions.
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Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian military jet into Burkinabè airspace, an incident that led to the detention of 11 Nigerian servicemen.
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In global diplomacy, few relationships have been as loudly celebrated and quietly lopsided, as that between China and Africa. Beijing calls it an “all-weather friendship,” filled with pledges of infrastructure, trade, and South-South cooperation. Yet, a closer look reveals a more uncomfortable truth: China wants Africa’s minerals, markets, and strategic leverage, but not its people.
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Ghana will be hosting a major fight night on Friday, 13th June – headlined by Andrew Tabiti – Jacob Dickson and the long-awaited return of British fan-favourite Ohara Davies, broadcast live around the world on DAZN.
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Five countries in East and Southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said Monday.
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Leaders of ECOWAS, the bloc of West African nations, has the junta of last week’s coup in Niger seven days to reinstate its deposed leader, Bazoum, who is being held captive in Niamey by the presidential guards’ unit.
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