Second Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo – Health official says
Oct 14. 2021 A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a health official said on Thursday, a week after a young boy died…
Ebola vaccination campaign begins in Congo after virus resurfaces
Oct 14, 2021 Medics in eastern Congo began an Ebola vaccination campaign on Wednesday, the World Health Organisation said, days after the death of a two-year old boy raised fears…
WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins
Oct. 14, 2021 …Says it may be ‘last chance’ to find COVID origins The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of…
Music streamers turn to telcos for payment solutions in Africa
Oct 12, 2021 Africa, with its internationally recognised musical talent and growing mobile phone use is central to Swedish music streamer Spotify’s plans to extend its reach to a billion…
15 found dead in attempted migrant voyage from Libya – UN
Oct. 12, 2021 The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), U.N. refugee agency said it had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants and 177 survivors from two coastguard boats returning to…
U.S. bound: Nearly 19,000 migrant children cross through the Colombia, Panama border this year – UNICEF
Oct 12, 2021 The number of migrant children who cross the Darien Gap on foot has hit an all-time high, UNICEF warned in a statement on Monday. The Darien Gap,…
Pope opens two-year consultation on Catholic Church future
Oct. 10, 2021 Pope Francis on Sunday launched a two-year worldwide consultative process that could change the way the Roman Catholic Church makes decisions and leave its mark long after…
16 die in plane crash; 6 critically injured
A plane carrying a group of parachute jumpers crashed in the Russian region of Tatarstan on Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring six, the Emergencies Ministry said. Doctors are currently…
New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo
Oct. 9, 2021 A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the health minister said on Friday, five months after the end of the most…
Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
Oct 8, 2021 Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be…