Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged

Country begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to...

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First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC

Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the...

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Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five...

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Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it...

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Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds

Thousands of women are killed in dowry disputes each year, despite the practice being banned in...

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‘Witch-hunt’ in Niger as military regime rounds up LGBTQ+ population

Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in...

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‘They will attack me if I stay’: immigrants in South Africa flee for safety amid violence and anti-foreigner protests

More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary...

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Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DRC

Fears over ‘huge, huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of cases...

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Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online

Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as...

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Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey finds

Fears hard-won gains in reducing child mortality over 20 years are at risk after end of USAID...

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US, Cuba and Iran join global rescue effort after Venezuela earthquakes

Latin American and European counties also among those offering solidarity and help for country...

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‘Period tax’ on sanitary products to be abolished, says Pakistan minister

Campaigners welcome announcement cutting levies on menstrual health items, but say their work to...

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Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk

Abdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US...

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Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms

Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over...

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Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study

Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted...

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Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan

Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over...

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Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds

Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains...

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‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the...

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Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with...

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DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response...

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