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[CAF] The CAF Executive Committee ("EXCO") unanimously endorses the "Joint Update" by the FIFA President and Secretary General on the FIFA Forward Enterprise and will continue to focus on making African Football amongst the best in the world and adhering to governance and transparency global best practices.

[WHO] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for frontline health workers and faster delivery of resources to affected communities.

[CAF] Cameroon secured top spot in Group D after playing out a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in their final TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 group-stage match in Casablanca on Thursday.

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[DW] A new wave of African withdrawals has swept through the International Criminal Court. Chad turned its back on the court after three junta-led states in the Sahel exited. But most African countries still trust The Hague.

[InfoWire] The landmark exposure marks one of the largest capital deployments by a single institutional investor into a single African-born tech startup to date.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic ⁠of Congo is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. Families said many frontline workers in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, have gone on strike over pay issues, worsening access to healthcare.

[Bird Story Agency] Africa is beginning to reverse an age-old equation: exporting raw cotton and importing the value created from it. The challenge is to close the ''missing middle'', connect regional manufacturing strengths and scale a competitive industry that keeps jobs, skills and value on the continent.

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Nigerian authorities announced the rescue of 308 people abducted by armed groups, including 163 villagers seized during a deadly attack earlier this year, calling it the country's largest single-day hostage rescue operation.

A rare video filmed on July 21 in Sabha, Libya shows a woman accused of adultery being sentenced to 100 lashes. Shared on social media, it has sparked outrage for various reasons: Some are appalled by the fact that the punishment was carried out in a public space, whilst others are shocked by the ongoing existence of a law on extramarital relationships.

A Russian ship under US sanctions, the Mikhail Britnev, dropped off its cargo of military vehicles at the Port of Lomé in Togo on July 9. It’s the first time that Togo has been a stop for a Russian shipment of weapons to Mali, carried out as part of Moscow’s support for the Malian government.

Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in the region.

The Sudanese army struck a traditional court in a Rapid Support Forces-held village in North Darfur with drones on Sunday, killing 35 people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers said the attack hit Garra al Zawaya as civilians gathered for local court hearings, wounding several others during the afternoon strike.

[UN News] El Niño is putting millions of lives at risk in eastern and southern Africa but the UN is ensuring that communities are better prepared to deal with its impact.

[allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Evidence is growing that the people most affected by HIV are also the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

[allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- As Africa grapples with shrinking international development funding and rising pressure to create jobs for its rapidly growing youth population, the Mastercard Foundation is making one of the continent's biggest long-term investments in higher education, committing US$500 million over the next decade to transform African universities.

[allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- "What is the plan before we get back to a stage where we are burying people?"

[Bird Story Agency] A scheme tested in Uzbekistan could let African cotton farmers earn twice over, once for the fibre and once for the carbon stored in the soil beneath their fields.