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Travelers stand next to a banner displayed near a health screening station at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria, in Lagos on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2026
Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak after spread to Nigeria, WHO warns
Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation, is the fourth African country affected by the outbreak.
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton speaks during a news conference ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 23, 2026
Lewis Hamilton hints at extending career in order to realize ‘dream’ of racing in Africa
The Ferrari driver will be 42 in January and has a contract for 2027. Fernando Alonso, the oldest active F1 driver, is 45 and recently signed up for another season.
A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
JICA and the World Bank should put the poor first
Poor people are vulnerable to everything — disease, hunger, broken infrastructure and economic shocks. The question is will climate policy help them.
The government-affiliated Japan Foundation holds an anime song concert in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Japan works to promote soft power diplomacy using manga and anime
The government plans to actively use popular manga and anime works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries.
Benin's Sessi D'Almeida (left) vies for the ball against Argentina's Lionel Messi during a friendly in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2026
African friendlies against Argentina often marred by chaos and disorganization
Smaller African teams generally rely on agencies to manage their away fixtures and don’t necessarily make any profit from the games.
A worker visits a patient in an isolation unit at an Ebola treatment center in Monigi, Congo, in June.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2026
Ebola spreads ‘like wildfire’ as health workers battle exhaustion
The widening footprint of hot spots is straining a humanitarian response weakened by major aid cuts.
A billboard featuring Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, is displayed during the 69th ECOWAS Summit in Freetown in July.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2026
Africa’s common currency-in-waiting
ECOWAS is now pursuing a phased approach, in which only countries that meet the convergence criteria will participate in the initial 2027 rollout.
A team of volunteer medical workers carry away the body of a truck driver who collapsed and died in Marabo, Congo, on Aug. 22.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2026
Ebola is hollowing out basic healthcare as Congo’s outbreak surpasses 8,000 cases
Use of seven essential health services has fallen 42% in four major Ebola hotspots in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, according to ACAPS.
A resident inspects his damaged home in Khartoum on Sept. 20 following the return of displaced Sudanese to the capital.
WORLD
Sep 28, 2026
Power cuts and rubble: Millions come home to find Sudan’s capital unlivable
Once a major African capital that was home to more than 8 million people, Khartoum is a shell of its former self.
A global tanker shortage, worsened by war, underinvestment and shifting trade routes, has sent freight rates soaring and reshaped oil flows worldwide.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2026
The next inflation shock: $1 million-a-day oil tankers
The world’s VLCC fleet is relatively small, with about 925 tankers controlled by a handful of shipping tycoons.
The Colossi of Memnon in Luxor, Egypt. Authorities in Egypt are looking to combine medical and traditional tourism to allow international patients to receive advanced healthcare while enjoying cultural and entertainment attractions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2026
Luxor is at the heart of Egypt’s medical tourism push
Egypt’s authorities aim to compete with more-established destinations in providing services from major surgical procedures to dentistry and cosmetics.
Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (left) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in February 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
China’s Djibouti base upgrades should boost monitoring reach, report says
The facilities would provide China with “a much more robust picture of the operating environment in the region,” the report said.
Congolese medical workers carry children as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 9.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2026
Congo’s worst-ever Ebola epidemic passes 7,000 cases
Authorities suggested the spread of the disease may already have peaked, despite the virus having been confirmed in a seventh province recently.
Street vendors at the Adjame main market in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, on July 20
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2026
Africa’s informal economy: A burden and lifeline
Poverty, unemployment and red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government.
A young girl works in a field with her family in southern Niger. Global hunger will only continue to fall if governments invest in soil health, rural technologies, land rights and infrastructure.?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2026
To end global hunger, invest in rural communities
Restoring soil, improving technology access, securing land rights and upgrading infrastructure are vital to curb global hunger.
The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2026
Africa bigger and U.S. smaller: U.N. adopts new map
The new map — known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection — improves “the accuracy of the cartographic representation of the world,” the resolution said.
A M23 rebel group member stands guard as provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute, where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, in Goma, Congo, on May 19.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2026
Congo continues struggling to pay the people fighting its Ebola outbreaks
Congo recorded 3,007 deaths from Ebola as of Monday, and payment disputes are interfering with some of the basic work needed to contain the outbreak.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu attends a panel discussion during the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 14. Tinubu is seeking reelection in January.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2026
As campaigns begin in Nigeria, Tinubu’s reelection bid puts his party on trial
The gap between improving economic indicators and worsening household finances is likely to define the campaign.
Members of the Civil Protection team, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of a man who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on July 10.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 19, 2026
Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from being under control’: WHO chief
Congolese officials said on Monday that the outbreak had killed over 2,300 people out of nearly 5,000 cases, making it the deadliest in the country’s history.
Members of Electricity Action Campaign and Unite Behind, angered over energy policy and corruption, demonstrate outside South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town in April 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2026
Africa’s energy curse is a political choice
Every barrel of oil shipped from an African port to a European or Chinese terminal is a barrel not converted into kilowatts for an African household.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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