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Youngsters have been especially impacted by mpox outbreaks raging in Africa, with children under five accounting for nearly a third of the cases in Burundi, the UN children’s agency said Friday.Burundi is the second hardest-hit country on the continent after the Democratic Republic of Congo.”Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak, …

Third of Burundi mpox cases in children under five: UNFri, 20 Sep 2024 12:35:46 GMT Read More »

Guinean state television has aired images of the country’s most wanted fugitive, Colonel Claude Pivi, after his arrest and extradition from Liberia following a high-profile prison escape in November.Pivi was one of the henchmen of former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara, who ruled the West African country from 2008 to 2010.In July, Pivi was sentenced in …

Guinea TV shows arrested massacre fugitive officerFri, 20 Sep 2024 11:50:26 GMT Read More »

A jihadist attack in the Malian capital of Bamako targeting a military police training camp and airport left more than 70 people dead and 200 wounded, security sources said Thursday, one of the highest tolls suffered in recent years.The attacks Tuesday in Bamako were the first of their kind in years and dealt a forceful …

Jihadist attack in Mali capital killed more than 70: security sourcesThu, 19 Sep 2024 19:56:50 GMT Read More »

A jihadist attack in the Malian capital targeting a military police training camp and airport left more than 70 people dead and 200 wounded, one of the highest tolls suffered by the security forces in recent years.A security source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP that 77 people had been killed and 255 wounded …

Jihadist attacks in Mali capital killed more than 70: security sourcesThu, 19 Sep 2024 16:38:47 GMT Read More »

Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in Rwanda, the African Union’s disease control centre said Thursday.The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for the AU’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa …

Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in AfricaThu, 19 Sep 2024 16:00:19 GMT Read More »

Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health power couple Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim are credited with saving thousands of lives.Married for 36 years, the epidemiologists — both aged 64 — are internationally respected for their work on stopping deadly infections such as HIV/AIDS, TB and …

S.Africa’s HIV research power couple says fight goes onThu, 19 Sep 2024 15:29:51 GMT Read More »

Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Thursday chaired a cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed.Assoumani is seen in the video with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving at the presidential …

Comoros president makes first appearance since knife attackThu, 19 Sep 2024 13:55:16 GMT Read More »

Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was overthrown in a coup last year, has said he is withdrawing from political life and asked for clemency for his imprisoned wife and son who he said face “violence” and “torture”.Bongo ruled the oil-rich West African nation for 14 years until he was overthrown by military leaders in …

Gabon’s ousted leader Bongo says renouncing politics for goodThu, 19 Sep 2024 10:01:53 GMT Read More »

Senior United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in the besieged Sudanese town of El-Fasher, amid signs that the fighting could soon escalate.El-Fasher is one of five state capitals in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the only one not in the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), …

Hundreds of thousands at risk in Sudan’s El-Fasher: UNWed, 18 Sep 2024 20:30:20 GMT Read More »

West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday strongly condemned jihadist attacks which a day earlier hit the Malian capital where locals voiced concern and questions remained about the rare and deadly strike.An Al-Qaeda-linked group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack in Bamako against highly sensitive targets, including a military police training centre and the military …

Jihadist attacks in Mali capital spark condemnation, questionsWed, 18 Sep 2024 15:54:50 GMT Read More »