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Attacks by Houthi rebels continue to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea. But so far the economic fallout has been relatively muted.

China had given notice that its warships could potentially fire live weapons during an exercise in the Tasman Sea, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

The governing African National Congress saw its reputation tarnished in the wake of scandals and high unemployment. The election is largely seen as a referendum on the political party.

South Africa scrambles to rescue 17 men lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine, exposing a web of exploitation, politics and international mercenary recruiting involving a former president's daughter.

Scientists in South Africa have found that the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections has dropped to about 30% for the omicron variant.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rania Dagash-Kamara, UNICEF's Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, about the crisis of food insecurity in Somalia as a result of extreme drought.

A year ago, the WHO and Africa CDC triggered the highest health alert for the mpox outbreak. experts say the response has been an indicator of how poorly prepared the world is for a future pandemic.

The skies over Crete were an eerie orange, too. Why the tangerine tint? Powerful storms in North Africa blew sands from the Sahara across the Mediterranean.

A controversial partnership to "fight infectious diseases in Africa' has been put on hold.

The people, including pregnant women and about 50 children, were fleeing sub-Saharan Africa when they were intercepted near the island of Lampedusa.