The World Health Organization (WHO) is optimistic that the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa could be halted within the next six months, with the first shipment of vaccines expected to arrive in Congo within days, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday that the new mpox virus can be halted and brought under control with coordinated global efforts.
"This new mpox outbreak can be controlled and (...)
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an urgent appeal for $16.5 million to bolster its response to the expanding mpox outbreak in East and Southern Africa, with a particular focus on protecting children and vulnerable (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a targeted vaccination approach rather than mass vaccination to combat the spread of the mpox virus, highlighting that controlling the spread of mpox is more manageable compared to (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern.
The highly contagious disease - formerly known as monkeypox - has killed at least 450 people during an initial (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya's famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country's southwest rose to at least 188 people.
Local authorities ordered some (...)
At least 35 people have been killed and dozens of others are missing after a dam burst in southern Kenya, sweeping away homes and vehicles as the country grapples with weeks of heavy rains and devastating flash floods.
Rescue teams are digging (...)
About 50 people have died in Kenya after a dam burst its banks following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said.
People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they (...)
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition.
An account on X, called "Government of East Africa", complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims.
The Weekly session of the Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, also (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) has reduced the upper limit of the recruitment's costs from the Philippines to SR15,900 instead of SR17,288.
The MHRSD said that the new upper cost does not include the (...)
At a time when more than 100 armed groups are plaguing communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with grave human rights violations and sexual violence, the UN chief said on Saturday that swift, bolstered efforts must end the chronic (...)
Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, is to be released from prison in Kigali.
Two years ago, he was sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by a Rwandan court in what supporters called a sham (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced on Sunday that it has reopened recruitment from Ethiopia, in addition to adding it to its decision of not exceeding the upper limit for recruitment costs that it had (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Developments (MHRSD) has added the option of recruiting domestic workers from Burundi to its decision of setting an upper ceiling in recruitment costs. It has set it at SR7,500, not including (...)
The European Union received 966,000 asylum requests over the course of last year, a rise of more than 50% compared to 2021.
Syrians, Afghans, Turks, Venezuelans and Colombians made up the largest groups of applicants seeking international protection (...)
RIYADH — Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri, president of the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC), reaffirmed that Saudi Arabia is keen on not infringing in any way on the dignity of victims in trafficking in persons. The Kingdom has set deterrent penalties (...)
Human Rights Commission (HRC) President and President of the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri, underlined that the Kingdom, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi on the occasion of the Unity Day of his country.
The King wished the president constant good health and (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi on the occasion of the Unity Day of his (...)
European Union and Schengen countries faced "unprecedented pressure" at their external borders in 2022, with the number of detected irregular border crossings reaching a level not seen since 2016, new figures show.
Around 330,000 irregular border (...)
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef held a number of bilateral meetings with the ministers concerned with mining affairs and international trade, on the sidelines of the activities of the second edition of the (...)
