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Kenya's successful containment of Ebola without widespread transmission removes a near-term constraint on regional medical supply chains and emergency response resources. Eswatini's enforcement action against undocumented foreign retailers disrupts market access and foreign direct investment in southern Africa, while South Africa faces persistent talent emigration as skilled workers relocate to developed economies—a headwind for long-term emerging market growth narratives. The US caution to Madagascar over Russian military cooperation reflects great-power competition for Indian Ocean influence, with potential consequences for capital flows and trade relationships in the region. El Salvador's military operations against Mawozo gang headquarters in Haiti address a logistics bottleneck that has constrained Caribbean cargo movement and raised regional shipping insurance costs, though sustained gang violence continues to disrupt Haiti-dependent trade corridors.

Analysis of how regions and countries can strengthen cooperation through economic integration, infrastructure development, and collective security to navigate geopolitical fragmentation.

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Kenya releases final Ebola patient, starts countdown to disease-free declaration

Eswatini orders undocumented foreign retailers out within year

South Africa's most decorated Olympian Tatjana Smith relocates to Netherlands

US general cautions Madagascar against Russian military pact

El Salvador military destroys 400 Mawozo gang headquarters in Haiti

Vinícius Jr messages Sudanese boy who lost both legs in conflict

Australia seeks UK visa deal shift to redirect backpackers inland

Congo executes 66 soldiers for cowardice in rebel conflict

BBC investigation: Marseille drug gangs force children into killing

New Zealand dollar rises ahead of election outcome

Pope Leo XIV addresses thousands at Uruguay gathering

Ruling party plunges to 30% in South African municipal vote

Pope Leo celebrates inaugural mass in Uruguay before 40,000 worshippers

New Zealand election produces deadlocked parliament, triggering coalition negotiations

New Zealand's governing party leads in early vote count

Haiti police kill suspect in firefight, PM declares gang victory

Somali entrepreneur reshapes global perceptions of Mogadishu

New Zealand wraps voting in close election race

Gunmen kill 33 in DRC village as ADF insurgency escalates

Analyst: Bolsonaro leaves Brazil after losing election to Lula

Somalia's court blocks presidential term extension before scheduled elections

Nigerian court dissolves opposition ADC leadership before elections

South Africa counts ballots after 29.2 million register

El Salvador deploys troops to Haiti as police locate missing technicians' vehicle

El Salvador deploys military forces to Haiti

US sanctions on Rwanda's military force basketball team out of Africa league

US contractor admits passing classified files to Ethiopian officials

South Africans demand ANC fix deteriorating public services ahead of local vote

Rio Tinto funds A$28m barrier to halt cane toad spread in Pilbara

UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years

Gold supply chain traced from mine to Delhi jeweller

Analyst: El Salvador may invade Haiti with Trump administration backing

Man convicted in theft from Ramaphosa's South African farm

Five arrested in South African farmer's shooting and torture

Uganda ends two-decade military presence in Somalia

Serbia detains police chief on misconduct charges

UN Western Sahara mission mandate lapses without referendum held

Thousands march in New Delhi demanding election chief's ouster

Serbia marks two years since Novi Sad station canopy collapse

Trump allows Bolsonaro to remain in US indefinitely, Rubio denies aiding escape

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Nigeria investigates two potential Ebola cases in the northeast

Rubio denies U.S. role in Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil

Flavio Bolsonaro hints at another presidential bid in Brazil

DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills over 5,000 in deadliest wave

Ethiopian PM sends cabinet through military training program

Kabila shifts from Congo presidency to leading armed insurgency

Canada, EU launch Alliance for the Future to counter geopolitical instability

India's opposition plans massive rally demanding election chief step down

Pakistan jails human rights lawyers Mazari and Chattha for 10 years

Student-backed Serbian MPs demand resignations from top officials

Italian military transport helicopter goes down in northern Bosnia

Bolsonaro's son claims opposition leadership from United States

US penalizes Rwanda's defense ministry for alleged Congo meddling

Ethiopia buys Russian jets and air defenses as Tigray conflict escalates

El Salvador deploys forces to Haiti seeking four missing soldiers

Myanmar UN envoy weeps pleading for global intervention

Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in Miami following Brazilian election defeat

Tanzania finds natural gas reserves after decade-long drought

King addresses historical injustices during Caribbean visit

Bolsonaro ally claims ignorance of senator's flight plans

Zimbabwe vice-president's ex-wife released as murder case falls apart

Nigerian inquiry: overcrowding and ventilation failures killed 33 detainees

Nigerian preacher shot dead after rejecting orthodox Islamic teachings

Brazil cancels Bolsonaro ally's passports over surrender failure

Lula's victory forces Brazil to balance spending pledges with fiscal discipline

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Coordinated cattle raids kill 72 in South Sudan as revenge cycle persists

Vučiċ loses Serbian election in pattern matching Orbán's Hungary defeat

Lula's return to Brazil complicates Trump's Latin America strategy

Brazil's far-right accepts election result despite Trump's rigged claims

Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil runoff despite prediction markets favoring rival

Church official: over 60 Christians slain in Ethiopia attack

Algeria deploys troops to Niger for first foreign mission in 50 years

Lula wins fourth term as Brazil's president after prison, labor activism

Uganda quarantines returning citizens for three weeks, blocks Congo transit

Serbian President Vucic loses parliamentary election to student-led protest

Assailants kill nurse, wound colleague in eastern Congo Ebola response

Lula secures fourth presidential term as Brazil markets tumble