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Germany announces that it will donate 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African nations, as well as provide funding to the GAVI Vaccine Alliance through the World Health Organization.
2024-08-26

Spain reports its second confirmed death from monkeypox, a day after reporting the first confirmed death outside of Africa.
2022-07-30

The Taliban captures its ninth provincial capital in six days, seizing Fayzabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province, amid a rapid advance in northern Afghanistan. The capture comes as President Ashraf Ghani appeals to local warlords to confront and fight the Taliban. The jihadist group also takes control of Kunduz Airport, after hundreds of Afghan National Security Forces personnel in the area surrender with all of their military equipment.
2021-08-11

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) names Algerian Islamist Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi as its new leader, following the death of Abdelmalek Droukdel during the Battle of Talahandak in June. Al-Annabi has been on the U.S. "international terrorist" blacklist since September 2015, and he has regularly appeared in jihadist propaganda videos.
2020-11-22

A Burkinabé military operation reportedly kills 146 jihadists after the Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed 14 people in other attacks.
2019-02-5

The Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line, the first in Africa, is inaugurated.
2018-11-15

Mali declares a 10-day state of emergency effective at midnight, following a series of threats from unnamed jihadist groups, and last month's siege at a Bamako hotel, where 20 people were killed.
2015-12-22

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, cuts short a tour of Africa due to the News of the World phone hacking affair inquiry.
2011-07-18

ISPs in Africa have service disruption after the SEACOM underwater cable failed. Emergency repairs are expected to take days to complete.
2010-07-7