Almost 30,000 suspected mpox cases in Africa this year, WHO says
London, UK Reuters Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday. More than 800 people died of suspected mpox across the continent in that time, the UN health body […]
African faith leaders and environmentalists push for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Nairobi, Kenya RNS Faith leaders and climate activists in Africa announced their support on Friday for an international treaty to halt the production and use of fossil fuels, the main cause of climate change, analogous to non-proliferation treaties governing the production of nuclear weapons. “As people of faith, we have a moral duty to protect […]
Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC
Dakar, Senegal Reuters The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned on Thursday, adding that cases were still increasing in several countries. The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency of international concern after the […]
US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa
United Nations Reuters The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Thursday. The move comes as the US seeks to repair ties with Africa, where many are unhappy […]
Death toll from migrant boat that capsized off Senegal rises to 26
Dakar, Senegal Reuters The Senegalese navy on Tuesday found 17 more bodies from a boat carrying migrants that capsized off the coast, taking the death toll to 26. The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands, typically used by African migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the […]
UN chief warns Africa’s inadequate access to debt relief is recipe for social unrest
Beijing, China Reuters African countries’ inadequate access to debt relief and scarce resources is a recipe for social unrest, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, proposing fresh reforms to the international financial architecture. A growing debt crisis across the one billion-strong continent has seen a conflagration of civil unrest in recent months, after […]
One case of clade 2 mpox detected in Pakistan, new strain not detected
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country’s ministry of health said on Monday, adding that no cases of the clade 1b strain of the disease have been diagnosed. Clade 1b has triggered global concern because it seems to spread more easily […]
Philippines detects first mpox case this year, yet to determine strain
Manila, The Philippines Reuters The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain. The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history […]
Explainer – Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?
London, UK Reuters The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years. A laboratory nurse verifies samples taken from a child declared a suspected case of mpox at a treatment centre in Munigi, […]
WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency. Swedish […]