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[allAfrica] Women continue to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and this is unacceptable. While Africa has made progress in reducing maternal mortality since 2000, the region still needs a twelve-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to meet the Sustainable Development Goal, according to the estimates from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group.
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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Former Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has strongly opposed a newly signed constitution endorsed by the country's incumbent leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, warning that the move could deepen political divisions in the Horn of Africa nation.
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[ISS] The growing pool of disaffected youth could test the ruling party's grip on power, especially as succession questions loom.
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[Bhekisisa] South Africa's National Aids Council, Sanac, has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an anti-HIV jab that could end Aids by 2043 in the country. The original version of the once-every-six-months shot, known as lenacapavir , is produced by the US pharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences . Sanac will submit a shortlist of successful applicants, who met the requirements of the Council's expression of interest call , to
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