Africa News Headlines
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WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox
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Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order
Dozens of African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order
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A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing
Libyan authorities say a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving one person dead and 22 missing
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Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shot and wounded in a confrontation with police
Uganda's leading opposition figure Bobi Wine has been shot in the leg and “seriously injured” in a confrontation with police outside the capital, Kampala
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says
The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months
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Africa's mpox outbreaks result from neglect and world's inability to stop epidemics, experts say
A leading African scientist says the growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the smallpox-related disease
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Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues
Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week
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Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week. African authorities ask for vaccines
Congo has recorded 1,030 of the 1,405 new mpox cases in Africa over the last week
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Qatar Airways acquires a 25% stake in the private African carrier Airlink
Qatar Airways has acquired a 25% stake in the private African carrier Airlink
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South Africa's du Plessis retains middleweight UFC title
South African Dricus du Plessis took a flurry of body hits across four rounds before defeating Israel Adesanya by submission to retain his middleweight championship at UFC 305
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