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Earth’s ‘second lung’ is under threat. Losing the Congo Basin forests would set the fight against climate change back 20 years
Commentary

Earth’s ‘second lung’ is under threat. Losing the Congo Basin forests would set the fight against climate change back 20 years

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September 24, 2024
A baobab tree in Africa, known as the "tree of life'
Health

A new superfood from Africa’s ‘tree of life’ is exploding in popularity—and fetching for high prices

By Farai Mutsaka and The Associated Press
September 18, 2024
Bill Gates says today’s global child health crisis is tomorrow’s economic catastrophe
Health

Bill Gates says today’s global child health crisis is tomorrow’s economic catastrophe

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September 17, 2024
A doctor administers an mpox vaccine in Congo
Lifestyle

Congo received its first 100,000 mpox vaccine doses—now it just needs 2.9 million more to end the outbreak

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September 5, 2024
Xi Jinping promises $51 billion in financing and a million new jobs for Africa in China’s biggest summit since COVID
Finance

Xi Jinping promises $51 billion in financing and a million new jobs for Africa in China’s biggest summit since COVID

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September 5, 2024
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Finance

Yacht tragedy forces Morgan Stanley to find new international chair even as grief is fresh

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September 3, 2024
I lead a major bank in Kenya. Here’s why we invest in Africa’s women entrepreneurs
Commentary

I lead a major bank in Kenya. Here’s why we invest in Africa’s women entrepreneurs

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August 22, 2024
Medical personnel prepares a syringe with the vaccine against smallpox and monkeypox at Checkpoint Bln in Berlin, Germany on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Health

France to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines as nation prepares for outbreak at home

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August 21, 2024
Bavarian Nordic gearing up to produce 10 million doses of mpox vaccine as ‘further imported cases’ in Europe are coming, WHO warns
Health

Bavarian Nordic gearing up to produce 10 million doses of mpox vaccine as ‘further imported cases’ in Europe are coming, WHO warns

By Camille Bas-Wohlert, Marthe Bosuandole and AFP
August 16, 2024
Shares in Danish mpox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic soar 12% as WHO declares a global health emergency
Health

Shares in Danish mpox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic soar 12% as WHO declares a global health emergency

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August 15, 2024
Manuel Chang
Finance

Mozambican ex-finance minister convicted in $2 billion tuna kickback scandal

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
August 8, 2024
Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame
Environment

Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame

By Evelyne Musambi and The Associated Press
July 24, 2024
Sergey Brin is using money from selling his Tesla shares to bankroll a startup developing hallucinogenic mental-health treatments
Health

Sergey Brin is using money from selling his Tesla shares to bankroll a startup developing hallucinogenic mental-health treatments

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July 23, 2024
Chinese EV battery makers are building huge factories in Morocco to cash in on U.S. electric vehicle subsidies
Finance

Chinese EV battery makers are building huge factories in Morocco to cash in on U.S. electric vehicle subsidies

By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
July 3, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stands in a suit behind a podium, frowning.
Finance

Africa loses 20,000 millionaires in 10 years as the wealthy flee the continent—or stay and watch their riches melt away

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June 7, 2024

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