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WHO Regional Committee for Africa meets as plan to tackle Mpox is unveiled

The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan will run from September 2024 to February 2025, requiring 135 million U.S. dollars in funding. The 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa kicked off on Monday in Brazzaville, The Congo.

With aid underfunded, Sudanese refugees in Chad face more misery

As Sudan marks 500 days since the start of the civil war, aid organisations say the world has failed to provide an adequate response to the country’s escalating needs.

Spain’s leader starts West Africa tour in Mauritania to address migration to Canary Islands

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez begins his visit in Mauritania before continuing south to Gambia and Senegal.

Brazilian mothers lead fight to secure access to medical cannabis

The country's most populous state, Sao Paulo, is the first to enact legislation making CBD available through the public healthcare system.

DRC: NGOs conduct Mpox awareness campaign in North-Kivu camps

The Democratic Republic of Congo's province of North-Kivu is one of the epicentres of the Mpox epidemics.
Volunteers from the Red Cross and other NGOs have stepped up efforts in Nyiragongo, near the provincial capital, to raise awareness among the inte...

Black community in Germany worry about racism ahead of polls

It was a balmy summer night in 2020, Germany's first lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic had just been lifted, when Omar Diallo and two of his friends wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.

Hundreds of migrants swim into Spain’s Ceuta enclave from Morocco

Cristina Pérez, the Spanish government's representative in Ceuta told journalists Monday that since Aug. 22 an average of 700 people had attempted to breach the border daily, with a peak of 1,500 attempts Sunday.

Osimhen’s future still uncertain amid transfer rumors

After four seasons at Naples --- it appears that top clubs are not rushing to sign him up – despite expectations that they would queue up to nab him.

9 men killed in Zambia quarry gravel collapse

The men were operating illegally in the quarry and were loading gravel onto a truck, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said. The driver of the truck survived with injuries and was taken to the hospital.

Niger: Torrential rains cut off Niamey from the rest of the country

"In N'Dounga Tarey, we had more than 12 houses collapse due to the heavy rain. We did not suffer any loss of life, but there were material damages such as houses, millet fields, and rice fields," said Idrissa Issoufou Souley, a resident of N'Dounga Tarey.