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Week-long workshop on Mpox in Senegal
Date: 2024-08-27 12:00:42 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:31 - ID:10845613
DAKAR, Aug 27 (MENA) - Public Health Director of the Institut Pasteur Dakar Abdourahmane Sow announced organizing a week-long specialized workshops on Mpox (monkeypox) to ensure health seectors' preparedness to confront this disease as the number ....
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Gabon announces discovery of first case of Mpox
Date: 2024-08-24 15:00:47 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:46 - ID:10842114
LIBREVILLE, Aug 24 (MENA) - Gabon Health Minister Adrien Mougougou announced the first case of monkeypox (Mpox) in the country, after taking samples from 6 suspected cases showing symptoms of infection. The Gabonese Health Minister said in a ....
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Sudanese health min. calls on int'l community to offer more help to health sector in Sudan
Date: 2024-08-23 11:15:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:10840695
PORT SUDAN, Aug 23 (MENA) - Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim urged international community to offer more help to the health sector in Sudan. In statements on Friday, the Sudanese minister asked UN agencies and donors to increase ....
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S. Korea will expand free trade deals with emerging markets in Asia, Africa
Date: 2024-08-23 06:07:39 GMT - south korea - Africa - SN:10 - ID:10840510
SEOUL, Aug 23 (MENA) - South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Thursday that South Korea will push to expand free trade agreements (FTAs) with emerging markets in Asia and Africa to boost the export-driven economy and enhance supply chain ....
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AUHG says it registered 18,000 monkeypox cases in 13 countries this year
Date: 2024-08-17 14:32:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:42 - ID:10832674
LONDON, Aug 17 (MENA) - The African Union's health agency (AUHG) reported 18,000 cases of monkeypox "mpox" in 13 countries on the continent this year. The agency stated to BBC news that over 1,000 new mpox cases were detected in just one week, ....
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ECOWAS CCDS reaffirm commitment to tackling security challenges
Date: 2024-08-15 07:12:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:10829902
ABUJA, Aug 15 (MENA) - The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense Staff (CCDS) convened in Abuja for their 42nd Ordinary Meeting, reaffirming their unwavering commitment to tackling the numerous security challenges that continue to threaten political ....
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Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa
Date: 2024-08-13 16:46:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:46 - ID:10828002
LONDON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body, according to the BBC. Scientists from the Africa Centres for ....
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“Sudan at breaking point” warns IOM as famine, floods add to massive displacement
Date: 2024-08-13 12:42:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:10827370
CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The humanitarian situation in Sudan is at “a catastrophic breaking point” according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The stark warning comes as famine and floods add to the catalogue of challenges ....
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Permanent African representation on UN Security Council 'a matter of urgency': UK diplomat
Date: 2024-08-12 21:58:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:67 - ID:10826793
LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - British Minister for Africa and the UN Lord Collins of Highbury said permanent African representation on the UN Security Council is a matter of urgency, given the challenges the world is witnessing. "The challenges we face ....
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African Development Bank grants dlrs 135 million to Comoros to upgrade port infrastructure
Date: 2024-08-07 06:36:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:10818805
ABIDJAN, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a dlrs 135 million funding package for the Union of the Comoros, marking its largest-ever investment in the Indian Ocean archipelago. This funding ....
