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Month: July 2019

Africa 

DR Congo hajj pilgrims banned by Saudi over Ebola concerns

Village Reporter
The Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has attracted an international repercussion with Saudi Arabia banning Congolese seeking to enter the country. Saudi Foreign Affairs ministry announced it had suspended the issuance of visas to Congolese aiming to undertake the annual pilgrimage, the hajj. “The granting of arrivals visas for people entering from DR Congo has been… Read More
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Ebola crisis: Saudi Arabia bans pilgrims from DR Congo

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The current Ebola outbreak has forced Saudi Arabia to suspend the granting of visas to pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That means pilgrims from the central African country cannot undertake the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, DR Congo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The ministry said the decision was however reached on the back of the… Read More
Africa 

DR Congo: efforts to control Ebola epidemic continue, UN food relief agency doubles assistance to affected people

Village Reporter
One-year after the beginning of the complex outbreak in the volatile eastern part of the DRC – and ten days since the “alarming confirmation of a first case in Goma, the region’s biggest city, with some two million people” – WFP’s Spokesperson Herve Verhoosel said that the UN agency is “stepping up preparations for a potential further escalation of the epidemic”. Over… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ UN health chief says

Global Author
A new study by WHO, published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, found that investing $6 billion per year in eliminating hepatitis in 67 low- and middle-income countries would avert 4.5 million premature deaths by 2030, and more than 26 million deaths beyond that target date.   A total of $58.7 billion is needed to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat in these 67 countries… Read More
Africa 

Kenyans pay tribute to fallen MP Ken Okoth

Village Reporter
Kenyans from all walks of lifer are paying tribute to a legislator, Ken Okoth who succumbed to colorectal cancer to on Friday. Okoth, who represented the Kibra constituency for 11 years, had only recently returned from five months of medical leave in France. Local newspaper, Daily Nation said Okoth was put on life support at Nairobi hospital where he was… Read More
Africa 

IMF dissects Eritrea’s economy: The successes, challenges, prospects

Village Reporter
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, earlier this week gave its assessment of the economic situation of Eritrea after its Executive Board concluded consultations with the government. The June 22 press release titled “IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with the State of Eritrea” addressed the headwinds the country faced in the past two decades and prospects for recovery.… Read More
Human Rights 

UN human rights chief fears world has grown numb to Syrian carnage

Village Reporter
“Despite repeated calls by the United Nations to respect the principle of precaution and distinction in their conduct of hostilities, this latest relentless campaign of airstrikes by the Government and its allies has continued to hit medical facilities, schools and other civilian infrastructure such as markets and bakeries,” said Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Drawing attention to… Read More
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