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Malawi declares Africa's first wild polio case in years
Polio can only be prevented through immunisation.
Malawi has declared a wild polio outbreak after a case was identified in a three-year-old girl - the first of its kind in Africa for more than five years.This week our Resident Presidents are discussing the decision of the International Court of Justice which has ordered Uganda to pay $325m to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in the conflict there.
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