Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country’s latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection in the capital Kampala. The East African country announced its latest outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus. Keep up with the latest medical breakthroughs and healthcare trends with the Reuters Health Rounds newsletter.   “Good news! The current ebola Sudan Virus Disease outbreak has officially come to an end,” the health ministry said in a post on the X platform. It...

 Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining license to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to strengthen an economy hit by insecurity. The move signals deepening economic ties between Russia and Burkina Faso, as the junta that seized power in 2022 continues its pivot away from traditional Western allies towards Moscow. The Niou gold deposit, located in the Kourweogo province of Burkina’s Plateau-Central region, covers 52.8 square kilometres (20.4 square miles) within the exploration licence area held by Jilbey Burkina, which is now owned by Nordgold....

US President Donald Trump said he believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is willing to cede Crimea to Russia for peace, despite Kyiv’s prior rejections. When asked if Zelensky was ready to give up the peninsula, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, Trump said, “I think so.” He also urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop fighting and sign a deal within two weeks. Trump spoke to reporters after returning from the Vatican, where he briefly met Zelensky before Pope Francis’ funeral. He acknowledged that the meeting had “gone well” and that Crimea had been discussed “very briefly”. He also said...