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Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among African children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among African children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author summary Strongyloides stercoralis remains a neglected soil-transmitted helminth with limited data on its burden among children in Africa. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence…

Oct 29, 2026
Ethiopia's military says it killed hundreds of TPLF rebels

Ethiopia's military says it killed hundreds of TPLF rebels

The TPLF fought against against the Ethiopian military from 2020 to 2022 in a conflict that saw hundreds of thousands of civilians killed. A resumption of fighting has sparked fears…

Oct 29, 2026
US seeks role in Ethiopian Airlines' $12.5 billion airport project

US seeks role in Ethiopian Airlines' $12.5 billion airport project

The U.S. is seeking a role for its companies in Ethiopian Airlines' $12.5 billion Bishoftu airport project, competing with China and other powers for influence in Africa.

Oct 29, 2026
BRICS Summit 2026 leaders list: Xi Jinping, Putin and other world leaders to attend India’s major diplomatic event

BRICS Summit 2026 leaders list: Xi Jinping, Putin and other world leaders to attend India’s major diplomatic event

New Delhi is preparing to host the significant BRICS Summit in September 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will welcome leaders from expanded member and partner nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Oct 29, 2026
Ethiopia’s debt problem

Ethiopia’s debt problem

Successive debt regimes in Ethiopia have shown that external finance can protect sovereignty, finance coercion, or build development, sometimes all at once.

Oct 29, 2026
Washington has picked a side in Ethiopia's new war

Washington has picked a side in Ethiopia's new war

There is new cause for alarm in the Horn of Africa. A week after a coalition of seven opposition groups announced an alliance to overthrow the government of Ethiopian Prime…

Oct 29, 2026

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US Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton speaks of 'lethal plotting efforts' by Iranian agents... "a planned terrorist act to kill our compatriots, our children, because of their skin color…

Oct 29, 2026
Watch: Woman ‘made to mop’ floor soiled by ailing son at Damoh district hospital

Watch: Woman ‘made to mop’ floor soiled by ailing son at Damoh district hospital

In an unsettling incident at Damoh district hospital, a mother was instructed to clean up after her son, who was being treated for diarrhoea. The troubling video capturing the event…

Oct 29, 2026

addisai 0.3.0

Official Addis AI SDK for Python — voice (TTS), chat/LLM with system prompts, personas and function calling, speech-to-text, and translation for Amharic and Afan Oromo.

Oct 29, 2026
More than one hundred migrants are dead including 15 children after boat capsizes off Djibouti

More than one hundred migrants are dead including 15 children after boat capsizes off Djibouti

More than 116 remain missing following the incident near Guhere, north of the fishing town of Obock - a port town in Djibouti, the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM)…

Oct 29, 2026
The Secret Houthi-U.S. Deal That Could Push Saudi Arabia Back to Beijing

The Secret Houthi-U.S. Deal That Could Push Saudi Arabia Back to Beijing

Back at the start of the U.S.’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’, OilPrice.com predicted three courses of action that Iran would take as it moved through the conflict escalation gears. First, most…

Oct 29, 2026

zimantic added to PyPI

Offline semantic search for Kiwix ZIM files

Oct 29, 2026