“You are not alone”: WHO chief heads to Congo as Ebola cases surpass 1,000
Tedros says country has defeated Ebola 16 times before, urges urgent collective action
“You are not alone”: WHO chief heads to Congo as Ebola cases surpass 1,000
Tedros says country has defeated Ebola 16 times before, urges urgent collective action
Nigeria's Tinubu assures kidnapped schoolchildren not forgotten
Tinubu announced expanded security measures for schools, including updated vulnerability assessments in high-risk areas.
Suspected Ebola cases surpass 1,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo: Health Ministry
The ministry indicated that the Ebola epidemic has affected 13 health zones across three provinces.
South Africa police seize drugs worth $61 million from Malawi truck
In the past two years, there have been at least four major busts of drug-manufacturing labs in South Africa.
Ghana evacuates 300 citizens from South Africa amid anti-immigrant protests
The first flight of Ghanaian nationals evacuated from South Africa over anti-immigrant tensions was en route to Accra on Wednesday.
Israeli army claims killing Hamas military chief in Gaza strike
Mohammed Awda killed in strike in northern Gaza, army claims, while Palestinian group yet to comment.
Uganda's Matia Kasaija: Long-serving finance minister of 'money will come' fame dropped from cabinet
On May 26, 2026, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni named his new cabinet. Several big-name ministers were dropped, but it is that of Matia Kasaija, a long-serving finance minister, that caught many by surprise.
South Africa rejects US position that there's a humanitarian emergency for white people
The South African government and Afrikaner advocacy groups on Wednesday rejected the position of the Trump administration that there's a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in South Africa.
US prepares quarantine centre in Kenya for its citizens infected with Ebola
The US plans to open a quarantine centre in Kenya for its citizens infected with Ebola, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as a deadly outbreak surges in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Violence fueling Ebola crisis in eastern DR Congo, WHO chief warns
Ghebreyesus calls for immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying violence is crippling efforts to contain fast-spreading Ebola outbreak.