A United Nations spokesperson says no one survived Tuesday when a helicopter crashed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with eight U.N. peacekeepers on board.Earlier, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the helicopter was carrying six crew m…
Leaders from Amuru district have received an assortment of items aimed at supporting about 2,500 vulnerable people affected by COVID-19.The “Dignity kits” were handed over by Mr. Sanusi Tejan Savage, Chief of Mission of the International Organization f…
Cameroon’s public health ministry says a cholera outbreak is sweeping across the towns of Limbe, Buea and Tiko, near the border with Nigeria.The government says 12 of the 600 patients rushed to hospitals in those towns died within the past 72 hours.Nye…
Aid agencies working in East Africa warn of a massive humanitarian crisis if the coming rainy season falls short of expectations. The aid groups say persistent drought has left 44 million people in urgent need of assistance across Ethiopia, Kenya, Soma…
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.The global increase in COVID-19 cases continues, driven by large outbreaks in Asia and a fresh wave in Europe.Several countries are now seeing their highest death rates since the beginning of the pandemic.T…
GENEVA— The world is spending nowhere near enough to revive the fight against tuberculosis after the Covid-19 crisis wiped out years of progress, the WHO said.Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday, the World Health Organization said global spendi…
Lilongwe, 20 March 2022 – More than nine million children are to be vaccinated against polio in the first round of a mass campaign across four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi.The drive, led by governm…
GENEVA — The U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR, and 102 humanitarian and developmental agencies are asking for $1.2 billion to help 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees and communities sheltering them in five countries.Nearly 4 million South Sudanese have fled…
The world is at a ‘dangerous moment’ in the fight against diseases like polio, a senior World Health Organization official said, as efforts begin to immunize 23 million children across five African countries after an outbreak in Malawi.In February, Mal…
The World Health Organization says Africa’s COVID-19 vaccinations rose by 15% between January and February, as several countries embarked on mass inoculation drives to expand coverage and protect populations from the pandemic.Zimbabwe’s government says…