South Africa says over 900 arrested during nationwide anti-migrant protests

JOHANNESBURG — South African police said more than 900 people were arrested on Tuesday, when ​there were nationwide anti-migrant protests which were mostly ​peaceful but occasionally descended into violence and looting. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Tebello ⁠Mosikili, a deputy national police commissioner, told … Read more

Gen. Chris Donahue set to retire as Army commander in Europe and Africa, in latest departure by top military official

Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, has submitted his retirement papers, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, marking the latest high-level officer to leave the military during the second Trump administration. Donahue had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple sources told CBS News.  Donahue is a West Point … Read more

Africa CDC director warns Congo Ebola outbreak could become worst on record

Top African health officials are warning that the deadly Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could become the worst in recorded history if transmission rates do not flatten. Syra Madad, infectious disease epidemiologist at the Harvard Belfer Center, joins to examine the state of efforts to contain the number of cases. Source link

Uganda details safety measures as Ebola cases continue to spread in parts of central Africa

Uganda details safety measures as Ebola cases continue to spread in parts of central Africa – CBS News Watch CBS News The total number of confirmed Ebola cases in central Africa has increased to more than 800, which is about 300 more than last week. Ramy Inocencio reports on the surge of cases and looks … Read more

150 live venomous scorpions found hidden in man’s clothes and luggage at airport, South Africa police say

South African authorities arrested a 28-year-old man whom they caught trafficking 150 venomous scorpions through Cape Town airport, police said on Saturday. The man had concealed the live arachnids between his clothing inside his luggage, police said. His arrest on Friday followed an intelligence operation in which officers circulated his description before intercepting him at … Read more

Mass shooting by multiple attackers leaves dozen dead, at least 9 wounded in South Africa, police say

Johannesburg — Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine others in a late-night mass shooting near the South African city of Johannesburg, police said Wednesday. Police believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg late Tuesday night and started … Read more

5 Ebola patients in Africa recover, World Health Organization says

Confirmed Ebola cases continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the World Health Organization confirms five infected patients have recovered. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who spent time in Guinea as an Ebola aid worker during the West African epidemic, joins to discuss. Source link

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

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