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At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

Reuters — At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp ‌officials said was unprecedented, with some confirmed to have died from Ebola in a sign the disease could be spreading fast there.
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Somalia's malnourished children hit hard by Iran war

Somalia's malnourished children hit hard by Iran war

Reuters — For Somalia's malnourished children, already suffering the twin catastrophes of looming famine and radical cuts in foreign aid, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran means more than soaring petrol pump prices; it ​is a matter of life and death.
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Exclusive: US upends global supply program for malaria and HIV amid warnings of gaps

Exclusive: US upends global supply program for malaria and HIV amid warnings of gaps

Reuters — The U.S. is upending the way it delivers medical supplies ​for diseases such as HIV and malaria to lower-income countries, according to seven sources and an internal email, risking a second dislocation of life-saving services in just ‌over a year.
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Museveni's fiery son tightens grip on Uganda's future​

Museveni's fiery son tightens grip on Uganda's future​

Reuters — As Uganda's 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni starts a seventh term, his tough-talking son and head of the military Muhoozi Kainerugaba is favourite to succeed him after consolidating his power base and sidelining critics. Kainerugaba, best-known to many Ugandans for his fiery social media posts, helped his father to election victory last week by ordering a crackdown on opponents and cutting the internet, said sources familiar with the matter.
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U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya

U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya

Reuters — Hellen Etiman believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-saving specialised food. Instead, 4-year-old Peter Lokoyen relapsed when the health facility treating him ran out of supplies.
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US-funded contraceptives stuck in Belgium risk becoming unusable by mid-2026

US-funded contraceptives stuck in Belgium risk becoming unusable by mid-2026

Reuters — Some U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $4 million that are intended for poor nations but stuck in a Belgian warehouse since President Donald Trump froze foreign aid in January risk becoming unusable by the middle of next year, a reproductive rights group said on Thursday.
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US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say

US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say

Reuters — U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
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Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions

Exclusive: Trump's funding cut stalls water projects, increasing risks for millions

Reuters — The Trump administration's decision to slash nearly all U.S. foreign aid has left dozens of water and sanitation projects half-finished across the globe, creating new hazards for some of the people they were designed to benefit.
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US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts

US aid workers lobbied for weeks to save food stocks from destruction after Trump cuts

Reuters — With 1,100 metric tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry in a U.S. government warehouse in Dubai after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal for the supplies to be used, sources told Reuters.
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Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage

Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage

Reuters — These food rations could feed over a million people for three months, or the entire population of Gaza for a month and a half, according to a Reuters analysis.
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How Kenya police hid killings of anti-government protesters

How Kenya police hid killings of anti-government protesters

Reuters — Charles Owino was killed by a gunshot during protests. Kenya's police recorded his death as a road accident. Reuters investigates an alleged cover-up of protester killings.
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Olympic runner Cheptegei defied her violent ex. She lost her life anyway

Olympic runner Cheptegei defied her violent ex. She lost her life anyway

Reuters — On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend called a friend of his to ask if he could borrow a lighter.
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30 years on, a Rwandan family's journey to heal from rape

30 years on, a Rwandan family's journey to heal from rape

AFP — Every April, as Rwanda commemorated the 1994 genocide, Agatha would turn off the radio, take to her bed and retreat into a silence so impenetrable that her daughter Agnes once asked if she had been a victim. The answer left 10-year-old Agnes reeling.
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The dangerous rise of 'medicalised' genital mutilation in Kenya

The dangerous rise of 'medicalised' genital mutilation in Kenya

AFP — As Edinah Nyasuguta Omwenga fought for her life after developing complications during childbirth, she overheard doctors in the Kenyan hospital describe her condition as a textbook example of the damaging -- even deadly -- effects of genital mutilation.
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US citizens trapped in Tigray, detained in Addis Ababa

US citizens trapped in Tigray, detained in Addis Ababa

AFP — US citizens trapped in war-torn Tigray are being detained and interrogated by Ethiopian authorities while trying to leave the country, interviews with fleeing people and family members show.
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Abortion stigma a possible death sentence for Kenyan women

Abortion stigma a possible death sentence for Kenyan women

AFP — Victoria Atieno was waiting at a Nairobi bus stop when she felt blood gush from her body, the result of a secret, self-induced abortion - a method used by thousands of Kenyan women, with potentially fatal consequences.
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Hip-hop dream thrives in India's largest slum

Hip-hop dream thrives in India's largest slum

AFP — After India's largest slum defeated the pandemic, some of its young residents pulled out their phones to write, shoot and release a triumphant rap video. "At first we were afraid, what would happen to us? But we stood with the doctors... now it's your turn", rapped the young men in the video.
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How India's most crowded city beat the odds, and the virus

How India's most crowded city beat the odds, and the virus

AFP — When Covid-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success.
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India's young fight the pandemic with apps and oxygen

India's young fight the pandemic with apps and oxygen

AFP — Her exam revision done, schoolgirl Swadha Prasad gets on with her real work: finding life-saving oxygen, drugs and hospital beds for Covid-19 patients as India reels from a brutal second wave of infections. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFmsPpd8G4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUCkpKEiS7Q
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India's Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen

India's Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen

AFP — As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers for coronavirus drugs after the Indian hospital treating her ran out of supplies. Dire medicine and oxygen shortages as India battles a ferocious new Covid-19 wave mean boom times for profit gougers, although some young volunteers are doing their best to help people on Twitter and Instagram.
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Fighting discrimination in India, one purse at a time

Fighting discrimination in India, one purse at a time

AFP — The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum -- an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity.
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Inside the world's biggest vaccine production hub

Inside the world's biggest vaccine production hub

AFP — I visited the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, which is shaping up to be a major player in the fight against coronavirus. Text story at https://au.news.yahoo.com/inside-worlds-biggest-vaccine-factory-043632922.html
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Caste discrimination taints corporate India

Caste discrimination taints corporate India

AFP — A winner of industry awards, Snehapoo Padavattan should have raced up India's corporate ladder. There was just one problem. She belongs to the country's lowest caste, the Dalits. At 35, the Chennai-based communications executive has been forced to repeatedly change jobs to escape persistent discrimination and has battled stress-related health issues.
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Virus, what virus? India gets back to work

Virus, what virus? India gets back to work

AFP — India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ENqd70AL-s
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