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@africanews Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:15:57
IMF-World Bank meetings kick off in Thailand with energy shock, AI on agenda
Finance officials from all over the world are meeting in Bangkok this week for the annual gatherings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The US-Iran war's energy shock and artificial intelligence should be on the agenda.
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Ebola: Uganda introduces 21-day quarantine for people entering from DRC
Travellers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country's health minister announced on Sunday. The new screening measures come after Nigeria reported its first case of the virus in a woman returning from Uganda. Kampala insists the country remains Ebola-free.
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'National emergency': 24 dead in Kenya bus crash near site of previous fatal accident
A bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.
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Serbia: crowds celebrate in Belgrade after VuÄ iÄ admits defeat
Crowds celebrated in Belgrade after President Aleksandar VuÄ iÄ conceded defeat for his ruling party in Serbia's snap parliamentary election, following nearly two years of student-led demonstrations.
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Brazil: long queues and river journeys mark decisive presidential vote
Brazilians headed to the polls on Sunday to choose between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. From canoe journeys in the Amazon to long queues in Rio and a Lula doll in BrasÃlia, voters turned out for the presidential runoff.
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Thousands of sheep take over Madrid's streets for Transhumance Festival
Over 1,400 sheep and goats took over Madrid's streets on Sunday, delighting spectators at the 33rd annual Transhumance Festival, which followed a different route this year to avoid a housing protest.
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Gabon restores social media access after an eight-month ban
The media regulator pulled the plug on social networks in February blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society.
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Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport partially resumes flights after Houthi attacks
The announcement comes after a two-week suspension of operations following strikes from Yemen's Houthis on the Saudi capital.
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Iranian president blames United States for failure of interim peace deal
Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised, however, that a new attempt should be made to reach an agreement to end the war with the US and Israel.
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Over 1,000 arrested in France after a day of mostly peaceful protests
There were clashes after night fall as police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in a number of cities.
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Red Cross trains staff as Kenya records its second death from Ebola
It says the fight to contain the virus does not end when a patient dies, saying the handling and burial of the body is just as important.
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Niger imposes curfew on petrol sales amid national fuel shortage
Petrol stations are not allowed to sell fuel between nine at night and six in the morning to enable suppliers to restock them.
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Nigeria's Tinubu defends policies as he launches re-election bid
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu held his first campaign rally on Saturday as he hopes to win a second term in office in the January polls.
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@africanews Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:09:35
Haiti's ex-president Martelly registers as candidate for upcoming election
Haitiâ s former president Michel Martelly is running for office again. He presented his candidacy on Friday for the December 13 elections - the countryâ s first in 10 years. Earlier this month, Haitiâ s electoral council overturned a ban on candidates sanctioned by foreign countries.
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@africanews Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:34:56
HIV prevention jab offers hope in Uganda but doses are hard to find
An injectable HIV drug could save huge numbers of people from getting infected in Uganda.â ¨But shortages of lenacapavir mean that those who need it the most often can't get treated with a dose.
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@africanews Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:38:44
New Tumaini Ebola vaccine trial launches in Bunia as DRC struggles
A clinical trial for a new Ebola vaccine is getting underway in DR Congoâ s Ituri province. The TUMAini trial will evaluate candidate vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
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