Africa

Health Officials Race to Trace Rising Ebola Cases in Central Africa

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Putin using Africa as ‘purse’ for Ukraine war while US faces ‘intelligence black hole’: commander

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The commander of U.S. Africa Command warned lawmakers that Africa has become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “purse” for fueling the war in Ukraine, as a shrinking American military footprint leaves the U.S. facing an “intelligence black hole” across the continent. Gen. Dagvin Anderson told the House Armed … Read more

Trump says ISIS second-in-command killed in Africa

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President Donald Trump late Friday said that a top Islamic State group commander has been killed in Africa in a joint operation with Nigeria’s armed forces. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of the militant group, was killed, Trump said in a … Read more

Passengers not allowed to leave suspected hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after docking off Africa

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Passengers not allowed to leave suspected hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after docking off Africa – CBS News Watch CBS News A suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has killed three people, officials say. Tom Hanson reports. Source link

The US backs a South Africa project to extract rare earths despite a diplomatic clash

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PHALABORWA, South Africa — Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has U.S. support through a $50 million equity investment by the government’s International … Read more

A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa

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Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. Themes Leo is expected to raise include Christian-Muslim coexistence, the over-exploitation of the region’s natural and human resources, corruption and migration. Here’s a country-by-country look … Read more