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WHO: Ugandan Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month

A top World Health Organization official says Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country

The Independent UK

South Africa's struggle songs against apartheid come from a long tradition of resistance

Struggle songs, also known as protest music or liberation songs, are defined as “expressions of discontent or dissent” used by politically disenfranchised protesters to influence political conversations and express emotions.

The Conversation

Central African Republic's top court head refuses to retire

The head of Central African Republic's top court, which has stymied a push to enable President Faustin-Archange Touadera to keep running for office, has defied a government order to retire.

Reuters

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Scientists rush to create vaccine for world’s biggest animal disease outbreak

Tackling African swine fever – which has led to death of more than 100m pigs since 2018 – has proved a tougher challenge than scientists first thought

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe becomes first African nation to approve HIV prevention drug

World Health Organization welcomes country’s ‘crucial step’ in backing use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA)

The Guardian - UK

Pink October: Financial hardship for women with breast cancer in Togo

In tonight's edition: We look at the financial hardship facing women with breast cancer in Togo. The treatment falls outside the public healthcare system and many cannot afford to pay privately. But first, Zimbabwe becomes the first country in Africa to approve an injectable drug to prevent HIV transmission. Authorities…

France 24

‘I’m hoping there will be more queer imams’

Muhsin Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Muslims in South Africa reconcile their sexuality with their faith

The Guardian - UK

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OPEC: Move to Cut Oil Output Was Unanimous to Prevent Crisis

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary-General Haitham al-Ghais said on Tuesday that OPEC+ alliance took an unanimous decision to cut oil output as a pre-emptive measure to prevent a crisis. Speaking at the African Energy Week in South Africa, al-Ghais said the heads of delegations unanimously decided…

Asharq Al-Awsat

African Australian students are subjected to the n-word and racism in the classroom, according to report

A survey of school students with African heritage shows many experience racism at school, much of it perpetrated by teachers or school staff.

ABC News

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

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Tigray war: two years on, the AU has failed to broker peace and silence the guns

The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda of ending armed conflicts on the continent. Just two months before that deadline, the deadliest war in years erupted in Ethiopia. On 3 November 2020, the armies of the Federal Government of…

The Conversation

Morocco’s Bourita: Similarities Between Separatist, Terrorist Movements ‘Not Coincidence’

Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita said on Tuesday that the challenges facing Africa today are “unprecedented and unanticipated,” stressing that their pace is accelerating and their complexity is growing exponentially.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Demands Intl Support, Ethiopia Insists on African Solution to GERD Dispute

The difference in views between Ethiopia and Egypt on how to break the deadlock in talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has once again emerged. While Addis Ababa wants the African Union’s “unproductive” sponsorship of the negotiations, Egypt demands the support of the international community to resolve the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia, South Africa Stress Joint Action, Cooperation

Saudi Arabia and South Africa issued a statement after President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Riyadh, confirming the strength of bilateral relations and the importance of boosting joint action. Ramaphosa began Friday a visit to the Kingdom at the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The…

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The Independent UK

Russian role in Burkina Faso crisis comes under scrutiny

Questions are swirling in Burkina Faso about what role Russia may have played in the West African nation's second coup this year

Daily Mirror

UK weather forecast: Exact date of 22C 'African plume' bringing Indian summer

Temperatures across the UK are expected to rise in the coming days as a plume of heat from Africa sweeps across Europe and brings a warm end to the month, with high temperatures for Halloween

Daily Record

Scotland weather as Met Office responds to 'heatwave' forecast with 20C temperatures

Forecasters had predicted a plume of warm air approaching the UK from northern Africa.

The Conversation

Towards zero hunger in Africa: 5 steps to achieve food security

Global food systems have been battered by overlapping crises in recent years. Key among these are the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukraine war and extreme weather events resulting from climate change. These have resulted in forced migration, loss of employment, climate stress, loss of biodiversity, and economic instability.

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Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy’ over Africa’s gas

Telecoms entrepreneur says continent’s people should be allowed to use their vast reserves

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Met Office responds to claims 23C Indian Summer is hitting the UK this week

Weather officials have had their say on reports of the rare burst of heat alleged to be arriving in the UK this week - after forecasters spotted plumes of warm air headed to Britain from North Africa

Wales Online

What Met Office says about African Plume mini-heatwave heading for UK

The country's official forecaster has responded to claims of a warm end to the month

Daily Mirror

UK weather forecast: Met Office responds to claims 23C Indian summer is coming

The Met Office has had its say on reports of a rare 23C Indian summer arriving in the UK this week, after forecasters spotted warm air coming over to Britain from northern Africa

Wales Online

Britain to enjoy Indian summer as African air plume sends temperatures soaring

Mini-heatwave could seal 2022's status as the hottest year on record in the UK

Tribune News Service

Gates pledges $1.2 billion to speed end of crippling poliovirus

Bill Gates says polio came tantalizingly close to being eradicated in the spring, before new outbreaks were seeded in Africa and a man was paralyzed in New York. Now the billionaire’s philanthropic foundation is pledging $1.2 billion to complete the mission.

The Conversation

Elephant conservation may be undermined by Twitter users who overlook main threats

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) are all highly threatened species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict as threats common to the species.

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