Africa

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

Fire at boarding school dormitory in Kenya kills at least 17 boys

UN mission says both Sudan sides committed abuses, peacekeepers needed

Canada won’t follow other countries in closing embassies in Sahel, Mélanie Joly says

First 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine arrive in Congo, but more still needed

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned by her partner over land dispute

Democratic Republic of Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, study finds

Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village, killing over 100, residents say

At least 129 people dead after attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison

In West Africa, demonstrators wave Russian flags to protest poverty

Sabre-rattling by Egypt and Ethiopia sparks fears of new war in Horn of Africa

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegui burnt after being doused with petrol by her boyfriend

Mpox patients lack food and medicine in east DR Congo hospital

UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

As Zimbabwe’s rail system collapses, vice thrives in the trains left behind

Decades of neglect and world’s inability to stop epidemics to blame for mpox outbreak, experts say

Spain to donate 500,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa

India’s Bharat Biotech to launch oral cholera vaccine amid global shortage