Can sub-Saharan Africa outdo noisy neighbours from north at World Cup?
After Morocco became the first Africans to reach a World Cup semifinal in 2022, can a sub-Saharan side step up in 2026?

After Morocco became the first Africans to reach a World Cup semifinal in 2022, can a sub-Saharan side step up in 2026?







More than 220 people are suspected to have died from the disease’s latest outbreak, which was declared two weeks ago.

Women bear the brunt of DRC’s Ebola outbreak.
WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.
Workers in eastern DR Congo are rebuilding an Ebola treatment centre that was burned by protesters earlier this month.

WHO chief visits DRC amidst Ebola crisis and urges international community to increase support.
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.
DRC battles Bundibugyo strain as confirmed cases rise to 121, with 17 deaths and 246 suspected fatalities reported.
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‘The Leopards are ready, they are safe, and the US will embrace this team,’ DRC’s ambassador to the US says.