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Chinese technology shines at Aviation Africa Summit 2025 in Rwanda/in /by
Opening the summit, Rwandan President Paul Kagame said that the high cost of air travel remains a barrier to tourism and connectivity across Africa
South Sudan repatriates Mexican man deported from US in July/in /by
Rights groups have argued that the Trump administration's increasing practice of deporting migrants to third countries violated international law and the basic rights of migrants
Sudanese feminist drama “Cotton Queen” warmly received at Venice Film Festival/in /by
Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Mirghani, who is based in Qatar, made a short film of the story in Sudan, and had wanted to return and make a feature length version in the same location, with the same cast. But when war broke out in Sudan, she was forced to shoot the film in Egypt
Google hit with $3.5 billion fine for unfair advertising practices/in /by
European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc's latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew outrage from President Donald Trump
Mpox outbreak no longer a global health emergency, WHO chief says/in /by
The new form of mpox emerged in early 2024 in Congo and neighboring African countries, spread through close contact including sex. WHO declared it a global health emergency in August of last year
Congo to vaccinate health workers, contacts amid Ebola outbreak/in /by
Congo has a stockpile of treatments and of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine, according to the World Health Organization.
UN decries crimes including gang rape, murder, torture in Congo conflict/in /by
A new report by a fact-finding team of experts that visited the region between March and August warned of the prospect of war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have been committed since late 2024
Private prisons see boom as Trump steps up migrant crackdown/in /by
The most aggressive immigration enforcement regime in recent US history has the private detention industry seeing dollar signs and the race is on to ramp up migrant detention capacity by opening new centers, or reopening closed ones
UN Chief Guterres advocates for climate justice and financial reform/in /by
Before his departure from Papua New Guinea, the Secretary-General appealed once again for climate justice and emphasized the need for international financial systems reforms, so that developing countries can have a stronger voice.
The linguistic diversity of Africa and Its absence in AI development/in /by
Although Africa is home to a huge proportion of the world's languages – well over a quarter according to some estimates - many are missing when it comes to the development of artificial intelligence (AI).