Sexual exploitation has repeatedly surfaced during humanitarian crises despite years of efforts by aid organisations to prevent abuse.
World
10:30am
Omar Artan was refused entry in Miami and questioned for 11 hours by US authorities despite being picked by FIFA for World Cup duty.
Football
Fri, Jun 12
1:30
Initial examination suggested a jerry can of petrol kept in the minibus may have fuelled the fire.
Thu, Jun 11
Police believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg and opened fire on people.
Crime and Justice
Wed, Jun 10
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that there have been about 400 confirmed cases, including 63 deaths.
Health
Sat, Jun 6
Four gunmen condemned to die for killing at least 50 people in 2022 Catholic church attack.
Politics
Thu, Jun 4
US diplomats were told the US would be scaling back its visa services across Africa, according to an official.
Tue, Jun 2
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the international health body to work with the local community to stop the spread.
Sat, May 30
Nearly 80 students were injured in the disaster - the latest deadly school fire in the East African country.
Fri, May 29
Health workers with scant supplies have been struggling to contain an outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus, a kind of Ebola that has no approved treatment or vaccine.
Travel across the Congo border will be authorised only in emergency cases, including for the outbreak response, cargo or security reasons.
Thu, May 28
The outbreak now passed a suspected 900 cases.
Mon, May 25
Medical staff scrambled to evacuate the patients as gunfire rang out in the area.
Eighteen people with suspected Ebola infections escaped a fire and are now unaccounted for.
Sun, May 24
Experts at South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases were suddenly thrown into the race to identify the cause of an outbreak aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius.
Bundibugyo, a mountainous district in western Uganda, was the site of an Ebola outbreak in 2007 but has no cases at present.
Sat, May 23
The threat of the disease within the Congo was raised to a "very high" risk level, but remained classed as unlikely to spread globally.
A witness and senior police officer said the group were stopped from retrieving the body of a local man.
Fri, May 22
At least 134 people have died and more than 500 are suspected to be infected by the virus.
Wed, May 20
Deaths have surpassed 110 in two provinces and details emerged about the government's delayed response to the outbreak.
Tue, May 19
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency, after 336 suspected cases and 88 deaths.
Mon, May 18
More than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported on Sunday.
Sun, May 17
“Thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing," Trump said.
"With his removal, ISIS’s global operation is greatly diminished," the US President said in a post.
Sat, May 16
Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases.
