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DR Congo declares end of 12th Ebola outbreak

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– – Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced an end to the latest outbreak of Ebola in that country. It was the country’s 12 outbreak in its history with six people dying as a result of the outbreak three months ago. Three months ago there was a resurgence of the disease in North Kivu in… Read More
Africa Gambia West Africa World 

Gambia: Ex-president Jammeh vows to return from exile

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Former President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh who has been in exile since 2017 in the Equatorial Guinea has vowed to return to the country. He is heard in a latest audio telling a member of his Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party of his intention to come back from exile. In February this year there was tension in… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

New government named by Chad’s military leaders

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– – A new transitional government has been named by Military leaders in Chad led by Mahamat Idriss Déby Kaka, the son of long-time ruler Idriss Déby. President Déby died last month from injuries he sustained on the battle front with rebels. According to the army 40 ministers and their deputies have been appointed with former rebel chief, Acheick Ibn… Read More
Africa Featured West Africa World 

16 Soldiers killed militant attack in Niger

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– – At least 16 soldiers have been killed in a militant attack in the western Tahoua Region in Niger. The area has recorded the death of more than 200 civilians who were killed in an unclaimed attack in March. Reports say the soldiers were ambushed by armed individuals near Agando area in the region. Six more soldiers were injured in the… Read More
Pacific 

COVID-19 ‘vaccine equity in action’ in the Maldives: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

Village Reporter
The Maldives had reported some 29,000 cases of the virus with 72 deaths up until 29 April.   As World Immunization Week comes to an end, Ms. Haswell explains how the UN has supported the authorities in the fight against the pandemic. UN Maldives/Nasheeth Thoha Catherine Haswell, the UN Resident Coordinator in the Maldives (left) meets a group of local… Read More
Europe 

Europe: COVID must spark rethink to prioritize ‘human lives’ over economic policies 

Village Reporter
Speaking ahead of the EU Porto Social Summit on May 7, Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, pointed out that with over 90 million people and almost 20 million children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the Union, plans to address it are “insufficiently ambitious”.  The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan,… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar approaching point of economic collapse: UN report

Village Reporter
That level of impoverishment has not been seen in the country since 2005, and the economy is facing significant risks of a collapse, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in its report, COVID-19, Coup d’état and Poverty: Compounding Negative Shocks and their Impact on Human Development in Myanmar. According to @UNDP_Myanmar new report, up to 25 million people in Myanmar… Read More
Europe 

UN chief pledges to fight for all Cypriots, as impasse remains

Village Reporter
“The truth is that in the end of our efforts we have not yet found enough common ground to allow for the resumption of formal negotiations in relation to the settlement of the Cyprus problem”, he told journalists in Geneva, where the talks took place.  Striking a note of optimism, Mr. Guterres added that there had been agreement over another meeting “in the near… Read More
Africa Ghana World 

Ghana ‘clashes’ with AfCFTA boss over ‘fake’ Covid test results

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– – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is in tango with the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Wamkele Mene over his covid-19 status. On April 27, the AfCFTA Secretariat revealed that its Secretary General was given a ‘false’ covid-19 results after taking the PCR test at the Kotoka International Airport. Subsequently, Mr. Mene went into quarantine… Read More
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