NYT World Africa

1. Joseph Lagu, Who Led Independence Movement in Southern Sudan, Has Died

   He played a pivotal role in winning his region’s autonomy from Sudan in 1972, then served as a high-ranking diplomat. He was 94.

2. U.S. Hits Rwanda With New Sanctions Over a Conflict Trump Declared ‘Ended’

   The Treasury Department accused Rwanda of undermining a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by supporting a rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

3. Nigeria’s Ebola Patient Evacuated as Investigators Press for Answers

   More than a week after the first case was reported in Africa’s most populous nation, pressing questions about the infection remain unanswered.

4. South Africa Deploys 500 Soldiers to Quell Anti-Immigration Violence

   The deployment comes after a foreign national was beaten to death by a mob during an anti-immigrant protest last week.

5. For Senegalese Street Vendors in New York, ‘Work Is Worship’

   Struggling to find steady work, many migrants who have arrived recently from Senegal have adapted with a relentless sidewalk hustle, sustaining their families through street vending.

6. Far, Far Away

   Making a home on the world’s most remote inhabited island.

7. How Pastors Mobilize Communities in Congo’s Fight Against Ebola

   As health care workers fought to control the latest outbreak this year, they got crucial aid from churches in beating back fear and misinformation.

8. Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever

   Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.

9. PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline

   Governments and businesses around the world scrambled to prevent hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in PHP, a popular programming language.

10. Drone Strike Kills More Than 150 in Abyei in Sudan’s Civil War

    Struggling against each other on the battlefield, the sides in Sudan’s civil war are relying on drones to strike across vast distances, inflicting huge tolls on civilians in the process.

11. Nigeria Announces First Case of Ebola in Current Outbreak

    Health officials praised the Nigerian authorities for their transparency in reporting the spread of the virus.

12. Robert Kabera, Rwandan Government Critic, Beheaded in Uganda

    The former soldier had been living in exile since 2020, and said in a video posted this month on TikTok that he feared for his life.

13. A Chef Celebrates Immigrant Flavors in Anti-Migrant South Africa

    A self-taught chef borrows ingredients and ideas from restaurants run by immigrants in South Africa, hoping to help counter rising xenophobia.

14. Cult Leader Convicted of Mass Murder by Court in Kenya

    Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his doomsday followers in a remote forest to fast for salvation. He faced trial after hundreds of bodies were exhumed.

15. To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look

    Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks.

16. How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold

    The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children.

17. Kenya Confirms Four New Ebola Cases

    Seven Ebola infections have now been confirmed in Kenya, which before this month had never recorded cases of the deadly virus.

18. Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo

    The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.

19. 6 Members of South Africa’s Biggest Party Are Killed in Shootings

    The two shootings took place only a few weeks before pivotal, nationwide local elections, and as the party, the A.N.C., is embroiled in a dispute over the eligibility of more than 100 candidates.

20. Second Ebola Infection Announced in Kenya

    The case is likely to raise alarms in the country and increase scrutiny of the government’s surveillance measures.