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A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabeled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26, 2026, in this picture obtained by REUTERS
August 1, 2026, 10:05 am
A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country at global AIDS conference
State Department takes full responsibility and apologizes for map that appears to have been made with AI tools
By Jessica Donati
Israeli cardiac surgeons from Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Save a Child's Heart (SACH) and Zambian surgeons perform open-heart surgery on a child in an operating room at National Heart Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, on July 14, 2026. (Courtesy/Save a Child's Heart)
August 1, 2026, 9:15 am
In Zambia, Israeli team helps train country’s first generation of pediatric cardiac surgeons
Save a Child’s Heart program mentors hospital staff with 6-year fellowship, recently donated crucial new equipment; group has helped 8,500 kids and trained 160 doctors worldwide
By Diana Bletter
Ofir Drori poses in Cameroon with elephant tusks seized from an African-Asian crime syndicate. (Courtesy, EAGLE)
July 18, 2026, 7:34 am
Inspired by IDF training, Israeli activist spearheads fight against global wildlife crime
Ofir Drori established a network that put 3,000 major animal traffickers behind bars. But now, he is struggling to keep his operation afloat
By Sue Surkes
A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2026. (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP)
June 23, 2026, 5:03 pm
Ebola suspicion ruled out, as expert says ‘very low’ chance current strain will reach Israel
However, Health Ministry is taking precautions as there are no vaccines yet for Bundibugyo virus; UN health agency reports 896 confirmed cases and 232 suspected deaths globally
By Diana Bletter
Hashem Abderaman sits in his bed next to his mother while receiving treatment at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
April 15, 2026, 6:12 pm
Sudan enters 4th year of civil war as UN official says ‘world has failed’ to meet crisis
Tens of thousands killed and over 10 million displaced, as deadly civil conflict between army and militia allegedly backed by UAE has no end in sight
By Samy Magdy and SAM MEDNICK
Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Disposed articles are burnt in fierce fires in the incinerators of an incineration plant on April 17, 2007, in Singapore. (AP/Wong Maye-E)
January 2, 2026, 9:11 am
Ritual cremations may have occurred in Africa 9,500 years ago, researchers say
Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed great importance to ritual funerals
By Jessica C. Thompson, Elizabeth Sawchuck and Jessica Cerezo-Romàn
A woman and child relax next to a mural of Somaliland's flag, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, a semi-autonomous breakaway region of Somalia, on February 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
January 1, 2026, 6:01 am
Somaliland’s little-known Jewish past spans Yemenite traders and contested legends
Though no Jews live there today, the African territory has a history of Jewish merchants, and a tribal clan with a crypto-Jew origin story from centuries before Israel’s recent recognition
By Zev Stub
Prof. Gad Baneth of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Health Ministry's laboratory of entomology, holds a mosquito in his right hand and a tick in his left. (Courtesy/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
December 2, 2025, 10:08 am
In breakthrough, Israeli scientists develop ‘all-in-one’ DNA test for leishmaniasis infection
Analyzing nearly 2,000 live specimens, researchers used a novel lab technique to rapidly identify the sand fly, detect parasites and pinpoint the source of the blood meal
By Diana Bletter
In this undated photo, malnourished children eat nutritious meals at the Africa 3030 compound in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2025, 8:23 am
Rebel offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo clouds future for Israeli NGO
Africa 3030’s Israeli American founder Ariel Kedem fears third Congolese civil war, warns the severely malnourished children his group is feeding could die in days if not cared for
By Sue Surkes
People react as they attend an event with members of the UK Jewish community in Hyde Park, central London on October 6, 2024, to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas in Israel. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
October 6, 2024, 11:23 pm
October 7 anniversary marked worldwide with memorials, pro- and anti-Israel protests
Pro-Israel demonstrators remember the victims of Hamas’s attack, urge the release of hostages while pope makes same plea, calls for day of prayer, fast on Monday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The Gateway Jewish Museum of Livingston charges roughly $.30 admission and also showcases Zambia's railroad history. (Harry Wall/JTA)
July 18, 2024, 6:17 am
A railway museum in Zambia offers a clue to the African country’s rich Jewish history
While almost no Jews live there today, the central African nation is still influenced by the community’s historic contributions — particularly as it expands medical infrastructure
By Harry D. Wall
This video grab shows the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, August 30, 2023. (GABON 24 via AP)
August 30, 2023, 1:12 pm
Gabon military seizes power hours after long-serving president wins election
Gunfire heard in the capital; no word from president, whose family is under investigation in France for corruption; soldiers vow to ‘dissolve all institutions of the republic’
By SAM MEDNICK
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks in a video, August 21, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 22, 2023, 12:21 pm
Wagner chief says group making Africa ‘freer,’ in rare appearance since mutiny
Yevgeny Prigozhin hints he is on continent in recent video, as tensions brew in Niger over military coup that Wagner-linked group describes as fight against ‘colonizers’
By AFP
High school pupils at the Foka STEMpower center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, July 2023. (Courtesy)
August 11, 2023, 2:44 am
Seeding STEM centers in Africa, NGO looks for crop of scientists to cultivate continent
Based on the hands-on-science vision of a Boston-based former physicist, can STEMpower’s long-term bet on bringing science and computing to African youth lead to a revolution?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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