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Uganda set to discharge final Ebola patient/in /by
After discharging its last Ebola patient on Thursday, Uganda will start a 42-day countdown to declaring the country free of the virus.
Argentina reaches World Cup final, jubilation in Buenos Aires and disappointment in the Falklands/in /by
Tens of thousands celebrate in Buenos Aires after Argentina’s 2-1 win over England sends them to the World Cup final against Spain.
French PM Lecornu arrives in Rabat for talks amid diplomatic reset/in /by
Another milestone for France-Morocco relations as French Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu arrived in Rabat on Wednesday.
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 12 people, Palestinian authorities say/in /by
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, local health officials said Wednesday, as strikes continue almost daily despite a months-old ceasefire with Hamas.
Uganda opposition leader refuses court-appointed lawyers at treason trial/in /by
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye refused to accept the lawyers being forced upon him for his treason trial on Wednesday after his chosen advocates were arrested or barred from the country.
Zambia’s Scott, once Africa’s only white leader, dies at 82/in /by
Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott, who briefly became Africa's only white head of state since the end of apartheid, died on Wednesday at the age of 82, the government said.
Po river choked by algae bloom as Italy battles heat and navigability woes/in /by
Italy is stepping up efforts to clear thick algae from the River Po in Turin after weeks of high temperatures accelerated its spread along the country’s longest river.
Ukraine: Six dead as Russia targets Sumy and Odesa/in /by
Emergency crews battled fires and searched damaged buildings across Ukraine on Tuesday 15 July after Russian strikes on the cities of Sumy and Odesa killed six people and injured at least 20 others, according to regional authorities.
More health workers strike in Ituri province, at the heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak/in /by
More health workers went on strike in Bunia in eastern Congo on Wednesday, becoming the latest group to walk off the job over unpaid salaries at the center of the country's Ebola outbreak.
Kenyan Rastafarians disappointed after court ruling denies cannabis use/in /by
Rastafarians in Kenya express disappointment and a determination to appeal, after a court refused to grant them the right to smoke weed on religious grounds on Wednesday