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Montevideo, Nairobi
As seen in: Agence France-Presse (AFP), Business Insider, Yahoo News, Yahoo News France, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo News UK, Yahoo Singapore, Clarín (Argentina), Yahoo Finance France, Yahoo Finance UK, France 24 and
AFP editor and journalist for Latin and Central America based in Montevideo. Previously Paris, Nairobi, Dakar, South Africa

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Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest

Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest

As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun war…

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Tanzania's 'Sham' Election Leaves Democracy Reeling

Tanzania's 'Sham' Election Leaves Democracy Reeling

Tanzanian President John Magufuli's landslide re-election has been dismissed as a sham by the opposition and …

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In Kenya, Alarm Over Rise In Teen Pregnancies During Pandemic

In Kenya, Alarm Over Rise In Teen Pregnancies During Pandemic

Sixteen-year-old Linnet covers her face bashfully, mumbling into her hands as she recounts how she met the yo…

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'Starve or get sick': Africa's lockdown dilemma

'Starve or get sick': Africa's lockdown dilemma

Women and children fell to the ground, bloodied and trampled in a desperate surge for food being handed out i…

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Somalia's Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed

Somalia's Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed

In the past decade, Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab has lost territory, suffered defections and faced mounti…

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Forsaken in terror war, Kenyan islands await doctors by boat

Forsaken in terror war, Kenyan islands await doctors by boat

Kiangwe, Kenya: Laden with medicines, the speedboat sets off before dawn, its path lit only by the full moon …

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AIDS activists slam 'pharma greed' over breakthrough drug

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By Fran Blandy Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Activists at a major AIDS conference in Brazil this week demanded wider access to generic versions of a breakthrough HIV prevention drug which can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year. Despite participating in clinical trials, middle-income countries like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have been excluded from access to a generic version of the drug, which researchers say can be produced for $40 a year.
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Sida: les avancées mises en "danger" par la chute des financements

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By Fran Blandy Verified
| Yahoo News France Verified
Beatriz Grinsztejn, présidente de la Société internationale sur le sida (IAS), à Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil, le 27 juillet 2026 (Pablo PORCIUNCULA) Jamais la science n'a fait de telles avancées, jamais la volonté politique n'a autant manqué: des spécialistes ont averti lundi que la lutte contre le sida était en "danger", les financements ayant chuté d'un cinquième l'an dernier.
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Sida: les avancées mises en "danger" par la chute des financements

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By Fran Blandy Verified
| Orange actu
La 26e édition de la Conférence internationale sur le sida s'est ouverte lundi à Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil, alors que les Etats-Unis ont drastiquement réduit leur budget d'aide internationale depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche l'an dernier. Dans leur sillage ont suivi plusieurs pays européens dont la France, l'Allemagne et le Royaume-Uni.
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