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AFRICA

A volunteer makes announcements while intercepting a passenger boat after a passenger who had disembarked earlier died following the development of symptoms consistent with Ebola, in Kinshasa, Congo, on Aug. 5.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2026
Ebola case count set to increase as Congo officials track hidden infections
The shift comes as confirmed cases climbed to 4,209 and deaths totaled 1,916, pushing the outbreak¡¯s crude case-fatality ratio to 45.5%.
Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara General Hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on May 21.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 6, 2026
Why Congo¡¯s Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics
Health officials say the current epidemic is spreading five times faster than previous outbreaks did at this stage.
Congolese medical workers carry children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage in Ituri province, Congo, on June 9.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2026
WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak
The outbreak is the biggest ever to have hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite being declared less than three months ago.
A malnourished child rests inside a mosquito net in the town of Gode in the Somali Region, Ethiopia, in April 2022.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 4, 2026
Climate change expected to redraw Africa¡¯s malaria map, study finds
Malaria killed an estimated 579,000 people in Africa in 2024, about three-quarters of them children under five, according to the World Health Organization.
Members of the Spanish Army's "Regulares" infantry forces watch a group of migrants near the border post of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2026
Spain defends Ceuta sovereignty after Moroccan migrant rush
Tens of thousands of migrants irregularly entered the north African territory from Morocco in an unprecedented and deadly surge.
Migrants who crossed into Ceuta are taken back to Morocco in an army vehicle, following deadly mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 3, 2026
Death toll from migrant rush into Spanish enclave in North Africa rises to 72
More than 50,000 people crossed into ?Ceuta by ?land and sea, driven to migrate by economic hardship and encouraged by social media rumors.
Some 95% of young African respondents to a survey conducted for the Ichikowitz Family Foundation and released Wednesday consider Beijing¡¯s influence on the continent as positive.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2026
China bolsters its influence over Africa¡¯s youth, survey shows
The survey was conducted as tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration and conflicts in Europe and the Middle East prompt the reconfiguration of supply lines.
Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, load the body of an unidentified man into a coffin after retrieving it from his house, in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on July 10.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2026
A day in the life of Congo¡¯s overstretched Ebola surveillance teams
In clinic after clinic, an inspection of the records showed staff had ?failed to report some suspected Ebola cases to central authorities.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, began operating in 2002.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
Chad says will withdraw from the International Criminal Court
It accused the ICC of concentrating on African countries.
Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Congo, on May 20.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 27, 2026
Ebola outbreak in Congo set to become second-largest on record after confirmed cases reach 3,200
The latest figures highlight the scale of the epidemic, though expanded surveillance and retrospective case finding have also contributed to the rapid rise in reported infections.
Ugandan diplomat and politician Olara Otunnu during an election campaign in 2010. He is now the seventh contender to succeed ?Antonio Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations when he steps down at the end of this ?year.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2026
Ugandan diplomat Otunnu joins race to become next U.N. head
Otunnu, a ?former U.N. under-secretary-general who served as a special representative ?for children and armed conflict, was nominated by Uganda on Friday.
A worker at a lithium mine in Goromonzi district, east of Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 17
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2026
As Zimbabwe¡¯s raw lithium ban pays off, ambitions grow
Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources.
Damaged tanks are seen in front of the Central Bank of Sudan building, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces, in Khartoum on April 27, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Surrounded by militias, Sudanese fear endless cycle of war
Sudan¡¯s army is relying on a new coalition of militias to fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, itself a militia that had come under the auspices of the state.
A supporter of the March and March movement, one of the main anti-immigrant organizations in South Africa, intimidates a passerby during a protest in Johannesburg on April 29.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
South Africa¡¯s anti-migrant unrest led over 160,000 to flee
The country has seen weeks of nationwide protests, several degenerating into violence that has claimed the lives of at least four migrants.
A health worker checks his personal protective equipment during a training exercise by Doctors Without Borders in Kenya on July 10.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2026
U.S. and Congo Ebola travel curbs may hamper humanitarian aid response
The overlapping restrictions threaten to slow the deployment and rotation of doctors, nurses and other specialists needed to contain the epidemic.
A health worker takes a woman¡¯s temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 18, 2026
¡®Walking Ebola¡¯ helps explain why Congo¡¯s outbreak is so hard to stop ¡ª and how to treat it
The virus¡¯s slower progression leaves patients sick enough to spread the virus but not so unwell to stop them moving through their communities.
Djima Antaley delivers a package for Afrety in Dakar, Senegal, on May 20.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2026
A hidden pipeline brings Amazon and Walmart to African shoppers
No bank card? No address? No problem.
Men armed with sticks and clubs chase a protester in an attempt to stop him from demonstrating during clashes sparked by the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang, who died in police custody, in downtown Nairobi on June 17.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2026
Kenya¡¯s goons: A world of political violence and desperation
Armed people?are being hired in Kenya to break up the rallies of political opponents and protesters and attack civil rights groups ¡ª with police often turning a blind eye.
Health workers in personal protective equipment practice safety check protocols on each other during a training by Doctors Without Borders in Kenya on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2026
First human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine begins
The early-stage trial will enroll 50 healthy adults to assess the vaccine¡¯s safety and immune response.
Players from Nigeria (front) and Egypt) compete in a flag football game during the NFL Flag Africa Continental Championships in Nairobi on July 10.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 14, 2026
NFL seeks to make inroads in Africa with flag football competition
Flag football, a non-contact version of the sport, will make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
TCC Therapy Park is supported financially by racing organizations as well as donations from members of the public.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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