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In 2015, the One Direction fever hit South Africa as the group performed there. According to a preliminary autopsy report, Payne died of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage,” as the result of the fall from the balcony of a third-floor room at the hotel on Wednesday (Oct. 16).

The estimated budget for a six-month plan put forward by Africa CDC and the World Health Organization is almost $600 million, with 55% allocated to the response to mpox in 14 affected nations and boosting readiness in 15 others.

It will become one of the first countries to roll out the new malaria vaccine, R21, after receiving a first batch of 846,200 doses.

Gachagua was set to appear before the Senate to defend himself against 11 charges brought against him, but his lawyer, Paul Muite, told the Senate that Gachagua was too sick to attend.

The announcement was made by the Council of Ministers, which published a statement on the website of the Malian government’s general secretariat.

The United Nations refugee agency estimates Mauritania welcomes over 262,000 refugees mostly women and children from Mali. The UNHCR Goodwill ambassador met refugees, many of whom are spearheading local initiatives.

Araghchi held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi focusing on efforts to de-escalate Israel's conflicts against Gaza and Lebanon.

The pan-African activist spent almost four days in custody at the headquarters of the French interior security agency (DGSI) in Paris.

The 27 EU leaders met in Brussels Thursday (Oct. 17) to look at plans to speed up initiatives to get unwanted migrants out of the bloc and process asylum applications far outside their borders.

Ace Mobility was founded over three years ago by Daniel Gatura who had witnessed the transport challenges faced by his wheelchair-bound father.