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Scientists in Ivory Coast are developing new cocoa varieties that can withstand declining rainfall and rising temperatures as climate change threatens production in the world’s largest cocoa-producing country. Ivory Coast accounts for nearly 40 percent of global cocoa production, while the crop contributes about 15 percent of the country’s GDP and supports roughly five million people. But farmers are increasingly struggling...

President Museveni has called on the European Union to support Africa’s industrialisation by investing in local processing of raw materials to create jobs and increase earnings on the continent. The President made the remarks while hosting and co-chairing the first Uganda-EU Partnership Dialogue at State House, Entebbe. The meeting, held as Uganda and the EU mark 50 years of cooperation, brought...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today met a delegation of senior South Sudanese government officials led by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Dr Labanya Margaret Mathya, at State House, Entebbe. The meeting focused on trade between Uganda and South Sudan and the challenges affecting the movement of goods and people between the two countries. President Museveni said Uganda’s annual exports...

Rome, Italy Pope Leo XIV is out of bed, walking and eating after doctors removed a cancerous tumour from his lung, while post-surgery tests show his progress is "normal", his doctors said Wednesday. Part of the pope's right lung was removed in Tuesday's operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital and the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is now awaiting the results...

Nairobi, Kenya Kenya has recorded its second case of Ebola, the health ministry said Wednesday, saying there was "no evidence" of any large-scale transmission of the deadly virus. The country reported its first-ever Ebola death last week after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) died after returning to Kenya. The DRC declared its 17th...

Twelve people were sent by the United States to Burundi in August under its programme to send foreign nationals to third countries, a Burundian security source told AFP on Wednesday, confirming information from a US lawyer. President Donald Trump's administration has signed accords with countries in Latin America, Africa and the Pacific to accept foreigners who could not legally be...

Mogadishu, Somalia Hundreds of people rallied in Somaliland's capital Hargeisa on Wednesday, waving US and Somaliland flags, celebrating US President Donald Trump calling it "a totally different country". The breakaway region of Somalia runs its own affairs, and is widely seen as more stable and democratic than the rest of the country, though it has so far only been recognised by Israel. However,...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopian federal forces and their allies are closing in on a town near Eritrea's border, a pro-government militia commander and a resident said Wednesday, raising fears of a regional war. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which launched a major offensive against government forces on September 23 before being pushed back and losing...

Central bank cuts economic growth forecast and warns that inflation could reach 7.5% over the next 12 months KAMPALA, 14 October 2026 The Bank of Uganda has raised its benchmark interest rate from 9.75% to 12%, its sharpest increase in the latest policy decision, as a weakening shilling, rising fuel prices and growing pressure on the country's external accounts threaten to...

VATICAN CITY Pope Leo XIV has undergone successful surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital after doctors diagnosed him with lung adenocarcinoma, a form of lung cancer. According to a medical statement released by the Holy See Press Office, surgeons removed the lower lobe of the Pope's right lung during an operation on Tuesday afternoon. The procedure was performed using video-assisted surgery, with doctors...