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Captain Fanplastic sets sail in Equatorial Guinea for a new partnership with Unicef

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11 Sep 2025

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Landslide devastates village in Darfur, over 1,000 feared dead

3 Sep 2025

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Cholera in northwest Nigeria: Limited healthcare access leaves communities at risk

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Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

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Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

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#ActForSRHR digital campaign launches

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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

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South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

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Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

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High Court rules 50-year Anglo lead poisoning case is 'untenable'

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File photo: United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria, 13 February 023. Reuters/Firas Makdesi

UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

11 Dec 2023

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Turkey aids Palestinian cancer patients amid Israel-Hamas conflict

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Source: Reuters. Following last night's deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza, US President Joe Biden's trip to Jordan has been cancelled.

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Unicef pledges $270m to support poverty alleviation in Nigeria

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Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

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Burnt trees and vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria, 25 July 2023. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina

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Tarek Amara and Michele Kambas 25 Jul 2023

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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

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Banks and WHO launch investment platform to strengthen primary healthcare services

26 Jun 2023

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