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        <description><![CDATA[Polity African News offers free access to the latest Regional African news, with the aim of advancing Polity’s mission of deepening democracy through access to information.]]></description>
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            <title>US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the US on commercial flights, according to a White House official. The order, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place US citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a “do-not-board” list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, the person said.]]></description>
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            <title>EU announces restrictions on trading Sudanese gold</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU announced on Monday new sanctions against Sudan by targeting the country's gold trade, which it said was being used to finance the military conflict in the country. "The decision introduces a ban on the purchase, import or transfer of gold originating in Sudan. It also bans the sale, supply, transfer or export of mercury and cyanide to Sudan," said a statement by the Council of the EU.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country's public health institute said in its latest report. The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country rose to 1 926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday. Four cases were recorded in Tshopo, including two deaths, with one death confirmed in Haut-Uele, as of Saturday.]]></description>
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            <title>Oxford begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The early-stage trial, known as BD-Ebov, will evaluate the safety and immune response of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine in 50 healthy adults aged 18 to 55 in Oxford, the university said on Monday.]]></description>
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            <title>Namibia secures China deals on infrastructure, mining and energy with state visit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah has been on a seven-day visit to China since Sunday, seeking investment from the world's top lender and second-largest economy to help implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.]]></description>
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            <title>Cut off from Kinshasa, Congo's AFC/M23 rebels built their own Ebola response</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Congo's AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting a response largely separate from authorities in Kinshasa and supported in part by neighbouring Rwanda, according to response teams and official documents. The response has highlighted how the rebels have extended parallel administrative structures into areas captured during a lightning advance last year. Analysts, however, say the war-torn country's fragmented response could complicate containment efforts should the outbreak spread further.]]></description>
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            <title>US citizen in Congo tests positive for Ebola virus, US CDC says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A US citizen working for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, the US CDC said on Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the patient's employing organization, other federal agencies and partners in the DRC to help prevent further transmission and identify high-risk contacts, it said.]]></description>
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            <title>Sudan's cholera outbreak may get worse due to conflict and rains, WHO warns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse as war, displacement and the onset of the rainy season threaten to exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in the country, the World Health Organization warned on Friday. The cholera outbreak declared on June 27, which has killed at least 114 people and infected more than 1 300 others, is spreading across several Sudanese states, particularly in Darfur and Kordofan, where access for aid and healthcare workers remains severely constrained, the WHO said.]]></description>
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