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Eight new cases of the Ebola virus have been recorded in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Wednesday. Of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities, the WHO’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account. Some 573 …

According to the executive director of the United Nations AIDS agency, HIV infections could have a peak in the western and central regions of Africa due to the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in health services. “We are seeing across countries, a decrease in people receiving prevention, a decrease in …

The United Nations Joint Office for Human Rights (UNJHRO) accused the army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of beating a human rights activist to death. On Twitter, the UN Joint Human Rights Office said activist Cabral Yombo succumbed to injuries after being tortured by soldiers who were under …

A UN group of experts on Wednesday called on the Central African authorities to end all relations with Russian paramilitaries accused of harassing and intimidating the Central African population. “We are extremely concerned about the acts of intimidation and recent reports of violent harassment by military and private security personnel …

Health authorities in Cameroon have postponed the rollout of the third Covid-19 vaccination campaign which had been scheduled to run from Wednesday until 31 October. Dr Manaouda Malachie, the minister of public health has announced that the campaign will begin on 17 November and 400,000 doses of vaccines are expected …

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. According to an army spokesperson in North Kivu province, Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A military company of Rwandan forces reached five kilometres into Congo…You …

The shooting dead of a schoolgirl by a policeman in one of Cameroon’s English-speaking region has sparked protests and tension in the troubled area. The girl, who was five according to the Reuters news agency, was travelling a car towards a checkpoint in the city of Buea when a policeman …

A suspected commander of the Central African Republic’s Séléka rebels has appeared at the International Criminal Court, for a hearing on whether to confirm charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against him. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani is accused of using state machinery to hunt down, detain, kill and …

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is horrified by the findings of an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse by staff working in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an Ebola outbreak, BBC News reports. The allegations came to light a year ago following an investigation by the New …

Cameroonians mourn one of Africa’s most important kings, who died Monday in Paris after reigning for 29 years over the kingdom of Bamoun, in northwestern Cameroon. El-Hadj Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 84-year-old, was a politician and served as a government minister and an overseas ambassador several times between 1960 and 1990 …