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Key HIV program jeopardized by U.S. budget wrangling, endangering millions
Children play at the Nyumbani Children's Home in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. The orphanage, which is heavily reliant on foreign donations, cares for over 100 children with HIV whose parents died of the disease and provides them with housing, care, and PEPFAR supplied anti-retroviral drugs. A U.S. foreign aid program that officials say has saved 25 million lives in Africa and elsewhere is being threatened by some Republicans who fear program funding might go to organizations that promote abortion. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Sudan's displaced millions struggle to survive
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Coups in Niger, Gabon and beyond signify the real end of France’s empire in Africa
Richard Poplak
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World is losing race to meet climate goals, president of COP28 summit says
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber delivers his remarks during the Africa Climate Summit 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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First Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing
FILE — People walk on a road swept by flooding waters in Chikwawa, Malawi, Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022. Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa. uch of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa's 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what's to come. That can be deadly, with damage running in the billions of dollars. The first Africa Climate Summit opens this week in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as basic as when to plant and when to flee. (AP Photo, File)
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Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say
Residents gesture and hold a Gabon national flag as they celebrate in Libreville on August 30, 2023 after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and scrapping official election results that had handed another term to veteran President Ali Bongo Ondimba. In a pre-dawn address, a group of officers declared "all the institutions of the republic" had been dissolved, the election results cancelled and the borders closed. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kremlin says ‘deliberate wrongdoing’ among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin
A view shows a framed photo of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at his grave at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Fan favourite still trying to clear major hurdle
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 27: Ons Jabeur of Tunisia plays a forehand during a practice session ahead of the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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EU infrastructure fund eyes African clean jet fuel projects
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on the Global Gateway at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on December 01, 2021. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia’s Wagner mercenaries face uncertainty after presumed death of leader
People pay tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 26, 2023. On August 25, 2023, the Kremlin dismissed rumours it orchestrated the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed dead in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pitching in: A foundation to support pharmacists in Africa
Philip Harrison at the University of Botswana, talking to pharmacy students and handing out donated books. HANDOUT
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South Africa rolls out red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping as Beijing’s influence in Africa grows
*** BESTPIX *** Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) inspects the guard of honour during his state visit to South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on August 22, 2023. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
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A frigid apocalypse doomed early humans in Europe
FILE PHOTO: Scientist David Lordkipanidze of the Georgian Academy of Sciences shows the skull - about about 1.8 million years old - of the early human species Homo erectus excavated near the town of Dmanisi, some 85 kms (53 miles) southwest of Tbilisi, July 8, 2002. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili REUTERS/File Photo
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Western patronizing isn’t enough to counter Russia’s influence in Africa
Bessma Momani
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No grain deal or path to end war in Ukraine after Russia-Africa summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa following the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 29, 2023.
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Argentina scores two goals in furious Women’s World Cup comeback to earn draw against South Africa
Argentina's Romina Nunez, second from left, celebrates scoring their second goal of the game during the Women's World Cup Group G soccer match between Argentina and South Africa in Dunedin, New Zealand, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Tunisia recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast this year
TOPSHOT - Migrants from Africa, stranded on the seashore at the Libyan-Tunisian border in Ras Jedir, react towards journalists on July 26, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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Ottawa’s new round of sanctions on Russians includes celebrities, Wagner Group heads
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaks with reporters at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Canada is sanctioning more Russians whom Ottawa accuses of supporting Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and mercenary violence in Africa.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Founder of South African weapons maker has key role in African peace mission to Ukraine
Ivor Ichikowitz, chairman of Paramount Group, gestures during an interview with Reuters at the International Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Khushnum Bhandari
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Ukraine scrambles for African support in geopolitical rivalry with Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, holds talks with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo)
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South Africa summons U.S. ambassador over weapons for Russia allegations
The Russian vessel, Lady R, is docked at the Simon's Town Naval Base near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons to Russia. Ambassador Reuben Brigety said the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (AP Photo)
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African growth will erode as inflation and debt costs soar, IMF says
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the African Department, Abebe Aemro Selassie (L), and Senior Communications Officer Sub Saharan Africa, Tatiana Mossot, attend a press briefing during the World Bank Group and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Harris, in Africa, confronts painful past, envisions future
US Vice President Kamala Harris address youth gathered on Black Star square in Accra, Ghana, on March 28, 2023. - US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Ghana on March 26, 2023 at the start of a three-nation African tour, as Washington looks to strengthen diplomatic ties on the continent. The trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia until April 2 comes after a December summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Washington with US leaders and counterparts from Africa, a continent where China and Russia are enjoying rising influence. (Photo by Misper Apawu / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MISPER APAWU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris starts Africa tour in Ghana, announces security aid
US Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the crowd after arriving at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on March 26, 2023. - US Vice President Kamala Harris starts a three-country tour of Africa, promoting the White House's positive vision of the continent as the "future of the world." Harris' trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia is the latest salvo in deepening US engagement with a continent largely ignored under Republican Donald Trump -- and long viewed in Washington as more of a problem area than a land of opportunity. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP) (Photo by NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kamala Harris to address China’s influence and debt distress in Africa visit
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a working lunch during the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. Harris will be the latest and most high-profile administration official to visit Africa this year as the U.S. deepens its outreach to the continent. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)