The mpox virus continues to pose a public health emergency of international concern, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday.
Following a meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee, Tedros (...)
The year 2024 has already become the deadliest on record for humanitarian aid workers, with 281 killed globally so far, surpassing last year's toll of 280, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday.
"We have (...)
Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say.
Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has implemented 15 projects totaling $39.114 million as part of its commitment to combating polio in less developed countries.
Ten of these projects were executed in nations such as Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, (...)
Congolese authorities Saturday began vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the outbreak, which spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond, was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization.
The 265,000 (...)
Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.
At a treatment center in South Kivu province (...)
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) launched a global strategic preparedness and response plan on Monday to halt outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional, and national efforts.
The initiative follows the (...)
The Philippines has reported two new cases of mpox, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to three this year, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.
The new cases involve two men in their mid-30s, one of whom is from the (...)
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 (...)
There is no need to impose border controls to stave off the risk of mpox, or to initiate bloc-wide inoculation against the virus, the Health Security Committee of the European Commission concluded on Monday following a meeting with the European (...)
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 (...)
Voters in Rwanda lined up at polling stations on Monday to elect their next president, Reuters reported.
Incumbent president Paul Kagame, who has ruled the central African country for nearly a quarter of a century, is widely expected to clinch (...)
A record-breaking 120 million people have been forced to flee their homes by war, violence and persecution – the 12th year in a row the number has increased, the UN refugee agency said.
The global displaced population is now equivalent to that of (...)
When Kenyan President William Ruto touched down in Beijing seven months ago, he was welcomed on the tarmac with a red carpet and cordons of Chinese troops standing at attention. Among the goals of his three-day state visit in October: securing (...)
The Rwandan government won't guarantee how many migrants it can take from the UK if flights start to depart.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised that migrants arriving in the UK without permission will be sent to Rwanda rather than (...)
The US has blamed the Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for the deadly bombing of a displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least nine people, including seven children, were killed in the strike on the Mugunga camp in the eastern (...)
Earlier this year, Ai Qing was woken up in the middle of the night by angry chants outside her dormitory in northern Argentina.
She peered out of the window to see Argentine workers surrounding the compound and blockading the entrance with flaming (...)
A mortar attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed three soldiers from a southern African military force.
All of those who died were from Tanzania. Three others were hurt.
"Hostile" missile fire "fell near the camp where they (...)
Rwanda's president said the international community "failed all of us", as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.
President Paul Kagame addressed dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered in Rwanda's (...)
The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the powerful M23 rebel movement and government troops.
The incident (...)
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 (...)
$300 Billion Annual Investment Shortfall in Natural Gas Development Worldwide
Natural gas has never been more crucial to the global energy mix, replacing coal and liquid fuels while supporting the adoption of intermittent renewable energy, (...)
