An epidemic of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed 356 lives in Burkina Faso between mid-October and mid-November, bringing the death toll to 570 since January 1, a health ministry official announced on Friday.
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Supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a showcase of song, dance, and myriad musical instruments have unified hundreds of people from different ethnic communities in Western Equatoria state’s capital, Yambio.
South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing back on policies that deny cheap treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis ...
With the deal comes increased shipments of fuel and supplies into Gaza — though still only enough to dent the needs of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who have endured weeks of Israeli bombardment, according to aid groups.
At least 573 people out of the 11,640 diagnosed with the disease in Nigeria have died since the current outbreak started in December 2022, though officials estimate the toll — now on the decline because of treatment efforts — could be much higher acros...
Comoros' Supreme Court on Thursday approved plans by incumbent President Azali Assoumani to run for another term in the next election due on January 14.
"The Department of Correctional Services confirms the conditional release of Mr Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius, with effect from 5 January 2024",
The military authorities in Chad announced a general amnesty on Thursday, notably for police and military personnel, in the wake of a demonstration that was put down in a bloodbath just over a year ago.
The former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, in exile for four years, "can return" to his country, but it is the justice system that will decide on the enforcement of his convictions in Côte d'Ivoire, declared the Ivorian government spokesperson o...
Senegalese President Macky Sall inaugurated Thursday (Nov. 23) a United Nations regional headquarters called the United Nations House, near the capital Dakar. The ceremony was attended by the presidential couple of Romania -on an official visit to Sene...
