Sudan
Sudan declares cholera epidemic after 22 deaths
According to Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, in the last few weeks, 354 cases of the illness have been confirmed nationwide, and 22 deaths…
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‘Not enough medics’ to help pilgrims with heat, Hajj witnesses
Muslim pilgrims performing the farewell circumambulation or “tawaf,” on Tuesday, circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at …
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BioNtech ready to ship first mRNA vaccine factory kit to Africa
A model of so called "BioNtainers", a container-based production line of mRNA-based vaccines of German company BioNTech, is pictured at t…
Health
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud tests positive for COVID-19
Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a Reuters interview in Mogadishu. Reuters/Feisal Omar Somali President Hassan She…
Health
Plastics, dioxins and paracetamol are key players in decline in male fertility – Study
A woman walks on plastic bottles around a bench created by Alex Bellini, part of the Furniture and Design Fair exhibition in Milan, Italy, Wednes…
Health
As hunger spreads in Somalia, babies start to die
Abdia Aden Mohamed rests with her 8-month-old child Ayan Hassan and 5-year-old Iqra Hasan inside their makeshift shelter at the Kaxareey camp for t…
world
Ethiopia’s Tedros re-elected as head of World Health Organization
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected as Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) by a large majority of WHO members on Tuesda…
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WHO chief blames racism for greater focus on Ukraine than Ethiopia
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World HealthOrganization (WHO) The head of the World HealthOrganization (WHO) has criticised the global c…
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World's worst health crisis is in Ethiopia, says WHO Director-General
The World Health Organisation director-general on Wednesday said that the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, where he hails from, was “catastrophic&quo…
Health
Kenya to impose widespread restrictions on the unvaccinated starting next month.
Kenya will require people to show proof of coronavirus vaccination to enter many businesses, restaurants and government offices starting next month…
UN
Tedros lone nominee as WHO chief, U.N. agency says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has steered the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is on course to serve a second five-year term as head of th…
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UN warns of ‘unprecedented’ malnutrition in Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations has warned of “unprecedented” malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, in a report p…
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key aspects of Syrian political crisis
The Syrian political crisis is a complex and ongoing conflict that began in 2011. It s…
