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Africa
Head of AU health body sparks fresh internal crisis

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Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa CDC in Washington on 13 April 2026.
Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa CDC in Washington on 13 April 2026. © Ken Cedeno/Reuters

Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, has had his decision to recall several regional directors to Addis Ababa overturned by the chairperson of the African Union Commission. The three doctors concerned have taken their case to the organisation's administrative tribunal.

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