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Vice-President JD Vance says there are still several sticking points
29 May 2026,·49 mins
The US vice-president says there are still several sticking points
Iran says it has retaliated and targeted an American air base.
28 May 2026,·49 mins
The strikes come amid a fragile ceasefire and ongoing negotiations to end the war
The strikes come amid a fragile ceasefire and ongoing negotiations to end the war.
Israel hit Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes on Tuesday.
27 May 2026,·49 mins
Israel said it was intensifying operations despite a truce with Hezbollah.
Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon.
US military said it attacked Iranian missile launch sites and ships trying to lay mines
26 May 2026,·49 mins
Iran says it had downed what it called a "hostile" stealth drone
US Central Command said in a statement the strikes were taken in "self-defence"
The head of Africa CDC says they have a plan with eleven pillars
25 May 2026,·49 mins
The DRC, Uganda and South Sudan adopted a joint plan to counter the spread of Ebola
The agreed to increase border monitoring and expand lab capacity.
The foreign minister of the DRC tells the BBC the authorities are ramping up efforts
22 May 2026,·49 mins
An angry crowd has partially set fire to a hospital in DRC after the death of a patient
Medical staff at the Rwampara Hospital are under military protection
Raul Castro and five others were charged with murder and conspiracy
21 May 2026,·49 mins
Raul Castro and five others were indicted on murder and conspiracy charges
The former president, along with five others, indicted on murder and conspiracy charges.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has met Xi Jinping at China's Great Hall of the People.
20 May 2026,·49 mins
The visit by the Russia President follows that of the US President last week.
President Putin of Russia is in China days after the US President visited.
Congolese officials say the number of deaths stands at more than one hundred and thirty
19 May 2026,·49 mins
WHO declared the outbreak of the current strain of Ebola, an international emergency
DRC says the number of deaths linked to the virus stands at one-hundred-and-eighteen
CDC says there had been 87 reported deaths in the DRC and one in Uganda
18 May 2026,·49 mins
Congolese health officials have been visiting Ituri, the centre of the outbreak
Rwanda says it's tightening screening at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo
