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South Africa: Mandrax Lab Uncovered Near Hartbeespoort - South African News Briefs - October 7, 2026
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I was tortured because I’m a Somali woman who dared to speak out | Sadia Moalim Ali
I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison, writes Sadia Moalim Ali
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Malawi: IMF Praises Malawi Reforms but Holds Off On New Financing Deal
[Nyasa Times] An International Monetary Fund team has concluded two weeks of talks in Malawi without reaching a final agreement on a new lending programme, though it praised the government's progress on economic reforms.
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Malawians Struggle to Survive After Fleeing Anti-Immigrant Violence
Anti-immigrant violence in South Africa has forced tens of thousands to return to Malawi, severing badly needed cash flows and leaving families hungry.
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Africa CDC Expresses Solidarity With Kenya and Calls for Stronger Regional Ebola Preparedness
[Africa CDC] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reaffirmed its support to Kenya following confirmation of the country's first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease and the subsequent death of the patient.
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Sudan’s Death Toll in 2025 Could Be As High As 100,000 - How We Did the Count
[The Conversation Africa] Estimates of the number of people directly killed in Sudan's civil war vary widely, in part because counting casualties in active conflict zones is extremely difficult. In 2025, for instance, one conflict monitoring organisation reported around 19,000 direct deaths from political violence across Sudan. Other research teams put the toll at more than 70,000.
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Congo-Kinshasa: ‘Ebola Takes the People Children Depend On’ - Unicef
[UN News] The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones - with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.
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Namibia: EU Suspends Beef Exports From Namibia Due to Foot and Mouth Disease
[RFI] The largest market for Namibian beef, the European Union, announced it has suspended imports after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which wreaked havoc in Europe 25 years ago.
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Central Africa: When Streets Become Pharmacies - Booming Illicit Markets in Central Africa
[UN News] Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. Behind those numbers is an illicit market that thrives not simply despite the region's fragile health systems, but in part because of them.
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Ghana: Education Ministry Salutes Ghanaian Teachers On World Teachers’ Day
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Education has congratulated teachers across Ghana as the country joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Teachers' Day 2026.
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Live From the Barracks: Three Juntas Launch TV Channel
Three African countries have started Tafouk TV, a Russia-partnered broadcast channel, after throwing out Western journalists and cracking down on local media.
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Somalia: President Isaias Holds Talks With Somali President
[Shabelle] Egypt -- President Isaias Afwerki met with Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, in El Alamein City in the mid-morning hours today for extensive talks on bilateral relations and other matters of vital importance to both countries.
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Kenya: KMPDU Demands Urgent Protection for Health Workers After Kenya Confirms First Ebola Case
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) has called for urgent measures to protect healthcare workers following the confirmation of Kenya's first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease and the subsequent death of the patient in Nairobi.
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Zimbabwe: Tungwarara Confirms He Was Airlifted, Refutes Claims He Is Sick - Sources Say He Is Now Recovering
[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENTIAL Advisor Paul Tungwarara has confirmed that he was airlifted to South Africa but disputed that this was due to a medical emergency.
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The Register that shatters the myth of Britain’s role in profiting from enslavement
In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester
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The west has a blinkered view of African music – and it’s hurting the whole continent’s culture
The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop
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South Africa hope to host first African Olympics
The International Olympic Committee confirms South Africa have shown an interest in becoming the first African host of the summer Olympics.
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Somalia: All 7 Surviving Pakistani Crew Members Rescued After Somalia Pirate Hijacking
[Shabelle] Islamabad -- All seven Pakistani crew members who survived a pirate attack off Somalia's coast have been rescued, Pakistan's foreign minister said Monday.
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Kenya: Young People Must Shape Their Own SRHR Future, Says Kenyan Activist
[allAfrica] Across Africa, young people are being told that their sexual and reproductive health and rights matter. But for many, accessing those rights remains a daily struggle.
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Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time
The authorities said that the virus had been diagnosed in a man arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and that they were taking measures to prevent any spread.
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