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A group of chimpanzees once used in laboratory hepatitis B vaccine experiments has received health checks at their new home in Liberia, in hopes of giving them a second chance at a normal life.

The US will provide Namibia with $45m for its HIV response in the 2027 fiscal year but the country would then start funding its own HIV programmes, both countries said

Resolution receives overwhelming support; only US votes against Africa’s accurate representation

Kenya’s President William Ruto on Friday directed Tata Chemicals to leave the country, saying the Indian company failed to generate any economic impact in one of Kenya’s most important export sectors

Clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 21 people, a doctors’ group said on Friday

Suspected thieves ‘siphoned a petroleum product under high pressure into boats’

Africa’s commercial aircraft fleet will more than double by 2045, US aeroplanemaker Boeing forecast on Thursday, as a young and increasingly urban population drives demand for travel within the continent and to the Middle East

The approach, which has not been used before in an Ebola response, comes as authorities struggle to contain what the WHO has described as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record

Nigeria could double investment in its energy sector within five years after joining the International Energy Agency, its chief Fatih Birol said on Thursday

A UN probe found foreign arms and drones are fuelling Sudan's war and war crimes

Ethiopian Airlines is nearing a deal to buy up to 10 long-haul Boeing freighters as plans edge forward for a new African hub to compete with Gulf carriers, two industry sources said

Authorities decide risk of transmission outweighs risk of pupils struggling with remote learning

Trial to examine Semlex's role in document deal controversy

Bus carrying Jordanians crashes on popular Red Sea tourist route

The attack on Alex Kiprotich raises concern about media freedom in Kenya

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