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US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa

The news devastated the researchers, who live and work in a region where more people live with HIV than anywhere else in the world Just a week had remained before scientists in

20 July 2025

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Aboulela awarded PEN Pinter prize

Born to an Egyptian mother and Sudanese father, Aboulela grew up in a Khartoum where British colonial echoes mingled with the call to prayer Sudanese-British novelist Leila Aboulela has been named winner

13 July 2025

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Kenyans put president on notice

Kenya’s fifth president became a remarkably unpopular leader barely two years into his presidency after proposing aggressive tax measures that many saw as a betrayal of his campaign promise to support working-class

6 July 2025

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Mali begins building Russian-backed gold refinery

Western firms have since been facing a tough time – the latest example being Mali’s decision to put a huge gold mine, run by Canadian giant Barrick, into administration, effectively bringing it

22 June 2025

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Violence against children hit unprecedented levels

In Somalia, it reported 2,568 violations against 1,992 children.In Nigeria, 2,436 grave violations were reported against 1,037 children The UN kept Israeli forces on its blacklist of countries that violate children’s rights

22 June 2025

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Gates to give most of $200bn fortune to Africa

Speaking in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, he also urged Africa’s young innovators to think about how to build Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare on the continent Microsoft founder Bill Gates says

9 June 2025

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Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan

The fighting has uprooted some 65,000 people within South Sudan in the past three months and sent more than 100,000 others fleeing into four neighboring countries, the UN’s refugee agency said Wiyuach

9 June 2025

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AU marks Africa Day 2025 with a call for justice, unity

This year’s theme, “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations,” honours the memory of those who suffered under slavery and colonialism, while asserting the right of Africa and its

25 May 2025

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Ramaphosa gains from US showdown

South African President’s conduct with Trump reminded South Africans of his diplomatic pedigree, and of his importance to the country’s rules-based order South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation went to

25 May 2025

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US ‘concerned’ over activists’ treatment in Tanzania

The US Bureau of African Affairs said on X it was “deeply concerned by reports of the mistreatment” of Atuhaire and Mwangi while in Tanzania The United States expressed concern Saturday over

25 May 2025

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