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Senegal conducts first cornea transplant in the country
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Senegal conducts first cornea transplant in the country

Senegal has performed the West African nation's first ever eye transplant. Senegal on Thursday performed the West African nation's first eye transplant. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called the milestone a "big step for eye health in our country." Cheikh Khadim Ndoyem, an ophthalmologist, and D...

Sudan rival parties accused of using starvation as weapon
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Sudan rival parties accused of using starvation as weapon

UN experts have accused the two sides in Sudan's civil war of using "starvation tactics" against 25 million civilians. UN experts on Thursday accused the two sides in Sudan's civil war of using "starvation tactics" against 25 million civilians, leaving 97% of the population facing "severe levels...

Kenya Senate due to vote on deputy president's impeachment
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Kenya Senate due to vote on deputy president's impeachment

Rigathi Gachagua could be the first deputy president to be ousted through impeachment under Kenya's revised 2010 constitution. Kenya's Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation....

Rwanda's Marburg cases decline
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Rwanda's Marburg cases decline

Rwanda's outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is easing after most vulnerable people get vaccinated. Rwanda's outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus is easing after vaccinations of the most vulnerable people including healthcare workers, but mpox cases are still spreading to new African countries,...

Mpox: 1,100 deaths recorded across Africa, CDC says
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Mpox: 1,100 deaths recorded across Africa, CDC says

Mpox has claimed the lives of at least 1,100 people in Africa, the continent's health agency CDC said on Thursday. Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said on Thursday, warning that the epidemic was "going out of control" without further action....