Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with AU Commissioner Bankole Adeoye, expressing Russia's readiness to help achieve full African sovereignty. They also discussed cooperation and the upcoming Russia-Africa summit in Moscow.
French President Emmanuel Macron's acknowledgment of 'reparations' for enslaved Africans marks a shift, yet avoids specifics on what reparations entail, highlighting the 'Africa exception' in global reparations where the West pays for lost 'property' but not for African persons.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretariat and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre (AUCTC) have signed a framework cooperation agreement to enhance ties and address challenges in their respective zones of responsibility.
非洲疾病管制暨預防中心警告，除剛果民主共和國與烏干達外，另有10個非洲國家面臨伊波拉病毒擴散風險。同時，剛果民主共和國東部一處用於收治伊波拉患者的醫療中心帳篷遭居民縱火焚燒，18名疑似感染者失聯。
非洲疾病管制暨預防中心警告，除剛果民主共和國與烏干達外，另有10個非洲國家面臨伊波拉病毒擴散風險。紅十字會表示，3名志工在剛果民主共和國執勤期間疑感染伊波拉病毒身亡。該國東部一處用於收治伊波拉患者的醫療中心帳篷遭居民攻擊縱火。
The African Union's health agency has issued an alert for 10 African countries due to the Ebola outbreak. Three new cases were confirmed in Uganda, and three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Global health authorities warn that reported Ebola cases in DRC are a fraction of the real number, with the virus spreading to new regions. Uganda suspended public transport to Congo, and an India-Africa summit was postponed due to the outbreak.
As claims of xenophobia in South Africa mount, Ghana calls on the African Union to send a fact-finding mission.
