Deaths From Burkina Faso Army Attack Rise to 51
The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit in the north of the country last week has risen to 51, military officials said Monday, after…
UN Appeals for Aid to Assist Malawi Fight Cholera Outbreak
The U.N. in Malawi has launched an urgent appeal for aid to deal with the impact of a record cholera outbreak that has so far killed nearly 1,450 people and…
WHO EMRO Weekly Epidemiological Monitor: Volume 16; Issue no 04; 22 January 2023
Current major eventCholera: a global grade 3 emergencyOn 26 January 2023, the cholera outbreaks (event) was graded as a multi-region Grade 3 Public Health Emergency after considering the current scale,…
WFP Lesotho Country Brief, January 2023
In Numbers679 metric tons of food planned for distribution in JanuaryUS$ 29 m six months (February 2023-June 2023) net funding requirements, representing 85% of total requirements.205,920 people planned in 2023Operational…
Guinea: Two people killed in anti-junta clashes
CONAKRY, Two people died in clashes between anti-junta protesters and security forces in Guinea, a municipal official said, with the country’s opposition coalition reporting “many arrests” and injuries from live…
Bird Flu Spreads to New Countries, Threatens Non-Stop ‘War’ on Poultry
Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and…
WHO chief to ‘push until we get the answer’ on COVID-19 origins
GENEVA— The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the COVID-19 pandemic started, the agency’s chief said following a report suggesting it had abandoned…
Dozens killed by armed groups in DR Congo: UN
UNITED NATIONS— Dozens of civilians were killed in attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the weekend, a United Nations spokesman said.According to preliminary…