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News Articles: Africa

Symptoms of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's hand, from a 2003 case in the United States. In most instances, the disease causes fever and painful, pus-filled blisters. New cases in the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal are spreading possibly through sexual contact, which had not previously been linked to monkeypox transmission.

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  • Global Health

Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?

The cases point to possible sexual transmission of this cousin of smallpox — a previously unknown method of spread for monkeypox.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on Thursday. A severe drought and spiking food prices are causing a humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa.

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  • Africa

Drought and soaring food prices from Ukraine war leave millions in Africa starving

A report finds 23 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, which face their worst drought in 40 years. Food prices hit record highs after Russia attacked Ukraine.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany, welcomes Jean-Yves Le Drian, Foreign Minister of France, for bilateral talks at the Schlossgut during the the summit of foreign ministers of the G7 Group of leading democratic economic powers at the Weissenhaus resort in Weissenhaeuser Strand, Germany, Friday, May 13, 2022.

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  • World

G7 warn of Ukraine grain crisis, ask China not to aid Russia

The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis which threatens poor countries.

May 15, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A health worker vaccinates a Kenyan child with the world's first malaria vaccine. Kenya has given at least one dose to 300,000 children so far.

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  • Global Health

First malaria vaccine hits 1 million dose milestone — although it has its shortcomings

The vaccine couldn't have come at a more critical time, with a surge in cases and deaths from malaria during the pandemic. But its efficacy — and its schedule — are far from ideal.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A health worker vaccinates a Kenyan child with the world's first malaria vaccine. Kenya has given at least one dose to 300,000 children so far.

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  • Global Health

First malaria vaccine hits 1 million dose milestone — although it has its shortcomings

The vaccine couldn't have come at a more critical time, with a surge in cases and deaths from malaria during the pandemic. But its efficacy — and its schedule — are far from ideal.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
People line up to get the Sinopharm vaccine in Harare, Zimbabwe. World leaders promised to speed up vaccine distribution to low- and middle-income countries at the White House's second Global COVID-19 Summit on May 12.

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  • Global Health

White House summit leads to big promises to fight COVID in needy countries

The second Global COVID-19 Summit aimed to refocus the world's attention on the pandemic. Here's what governments and members of the private and public sector pledged to do.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
Henry Ssendagire, a Ugandan master's student working with CAES virologist Mike Deom, investigates aphids that carry viruses causing groundnut rosette disease, a serious peanut disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • News

Georgia's Peanut Innovation Lab works to feed a continent

A program to alleviate hunger by helping farmers in developing countries grow more peanuts is nearing the end of its funding.

May 12, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
President Joe Biden speaks at the virtual Global COVID-19 Summit on Sept. 22, 2021, in Washington, D.C. On May 12, the White House will host the second Global COVID-19 Summit.

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  • Global Health

5 big ideas for the White House's Global COVID Summit

We asked experts from around the world: What would they like to see on the agenda for this virtual event. Their ideas include fair pay for all health workers — and a makeover for foreign aid.

May 11, 2022
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By:
  • KAMALA THIAGARAJAN

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  • World

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world

Stores running out of cooking oil. Gas prices soaring. Farmers scrambling for fertilizer. Nations rethinking alliances. We zoom in on the war's seismic, far-reaching repercussions.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh,
  • Alyson Hurt,
  • and 2 more
CNN international anchor Zain Asher poses with her mother, Obiajulu Ejiofor. After losing her husband in a car crash, Ejiofor raised four children with strict and innovative practices — including, when Asher was a teenager, using scissors to cut the power cord of the TV set. Obiajulu told her daughter she could watch television again once she'd earned admission to Oxford.

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  • Family

CNN's Zain Asher is grateful for her mom's tough love — even if it meant no TV

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Davies
An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish "Legal Abortion" during a rally outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill that would legalize abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.

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  • World

As U.S. may restrict abortion, other nations are easing access

Recent legislative activities in countries show the U.S. risks being out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights.

May 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Paul Rusesabagina, pictured in 2012, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges last September in Rwanda. His family is suing Rwanda for $400 million for kidnapping, torture and unlawful imprisonment.

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  • Africa

Family of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero sues Rwandan government for kidnapping and torture

Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1,200 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan government convicted him of terrorism in a trial that human rights groups call a sham.

May 01, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
A child receives a polio vaccine in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 14, 2022.

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  • Global Health

Vaccine-derived polio is on the rise. A new vaccine aims to stop the spread

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. One reason for this, say experts, is that vaccination efforts have lapsed during the pandemic.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A man uses cooking oil to fry Mandazi, a type of fried bread, on a street in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

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  • World

Russia's invasion of Ukraine heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has further fueled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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  • Africa

168 people were killed in violence in Darfur, Sudan, an aid group says

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region killed 168 people, a local aid group said.

April 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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