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More and more babies with mpox are being admitted to Lwiro community hospital
Medics plead for vaccines in DR Congo's mpox battleground
KINSHASA — Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections.At a treatment center in South Kivu province that the BBC visited in the epicenter of the outbreak, they say more patients are arriving every day - especially babies - and there is a shortage of essential equipment.Mpox - formerly known as monkeypox - is a highly contagious disease and has killed at least 635 people in DR Congo this year.Even though 200,000 vaccines, donated by the European Commission, were flown into the capital, Kinshasa, last week, they are yet to be transported across this vast country - and it could be several weeks before they reach South...
September 11, 2024

Medics plead for vaccines in DR Congo's mpox battleground

Wooden fishing boats are often used by migrants leaving Senegal (archive photo)
Anguish as dozens die in Senegal shipwreck
DAKAR — At least 26 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal's coast.Authorities say more than 100 people were on board the wooden fishing vessel when it sank just 4km (2.5 miles) into its journey.Distraught relatives and friends have gathered along the beach, anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones.So far, four people have been rescued and search efforts are still under way.The boat had departed from Mbour, about 80km south of the capital city Dakar, bound for Spain's Canary Islands, which are off the coast of West Africa.In recent years, the number of migrants leaving West Africa through Senegal has surged.Mostly young men - fleeing conflict, poverty, and unemployment - are attempting the dangerous Atlantic route to the Spanish Islands, with...
September 11, 2024

Anguish as dozens die in Senegal shipwreck

A flaming burnt-out oil tanker lies at the side of the road in the state of Niger
Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash
ABUJA — At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said.The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision happened at about 00:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, and caused an explosion that engulfed both vehicles.Director-general of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-arah, said response teams were dispatched to the scene to manage the situation.A number of other vehicles were also caught up in the explosion.Footage taken from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle.Speaking to the Reuters news agency after the incident, an emergency rescue worker said...
September 09, 2024

Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash

Hundreds of people have been killed by the current mpox outbreak
WHO declares mpox global health emergency
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern.The highly contagious disease - formerly known as monkeypox - has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.It has now spread across parts of central and east Africa, and scientists are concerned about how fast a new variant of the disease is spreading and its high fatality rate.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond "is very worrying"."A coordinated international response is essential to stop this outbreak and save lives," he said.Mpox is transmitted through close contact, such as sex, skin-to-skin contact and...
August 15, 2024

WHO declares mpox global health emergency

UN officials, including António Guterres, feel the Security Council should reflect the world as it is, not as it was 80 years ago
UN chief calls for permanent Africa Security Council seat
UNITED NATIONS — UN chief António Guterres has called for Africa to be given a permanent seat at the UN Security Council as part of reforms to correct historical injustices.The Security Council — the five permanent members of which are China, France, Russia, the UK and the US — has long been criticized for representing the realities that prevailed at the end of World War Two when much of Africa was still under colonial rule.“The world has changed since 1945. But the composition of the Council, despite a few changes, has not kept pace,” Guterres said.The 10 non-permanent members of the body are allocated by region, but unlike the five permanent members, they do not have the power of veto.The African Union has long been pushing for the continent to have two permanent...
August 13, 2024

UN chief calls for permanent Africa Security Council seat

Families displaced by RSF advances in Sudan's El Gezira and Sennar states shelter at the Omar ibn al-Khattab displacement site, Kassala state, Sudan, on July 10, 2024
Sudan at a ‘breaking point’ as civil war rages, UN agency says
NAIROBI — Sudan is at a “breaking point,” a United Nations agency said Monday, as a growing number of people need food, water, shelter and medical care in a country devastated by intensifying war.Over eight million people have been displaced since fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last year, plunging the country into what the UN has called “one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory.”“Without an immediate, massive, and coordinated global response, we risk witnessing tens of thousands of preventable deaths in the coming months,” Othman Belbeisi, the Middle East and Africa director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said in a statement. “We are at breaking point, a catastrophic,...
August 13, 2024

Sudan at a ‘breaking point’ as civil war rages, UN agency says

Tundu Lissu survived an assassination attempt in 2017 after being shot 16 times
Tanzania opposition figure Tundu Lissu arrested in crackdown
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzanian police have arrested prominent politician Tundu Lissu and two other opposition Chadema officials, the party has said.It says the three were detained on Sunday in the south-western town of Mbeya, on the eve of their planned rally to mark the World Youth Day.The reported arrests come a year after President Samia Hassan lifted a ban on opposition gatherings and promised to restore competitive politics.On Sunday the police banned the Chadema rally saying it was intended to cause violence.They cited the party's rallying call for people to come together like the "youth in Kenya" - apparently referring to the weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations in the neighbouring East African country.On Monday morning, a Chadema official told the BBC that they...
August 12, 2024

Tanzania opposition figure Tundu Lissu arrested in crackdown

Protesters use a Kenya Police anti-riot shield to protect themselves from tear gas canisters and rubber bullets amid clashes during demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, on July 2, 2024
Kenyan youth call for ‘mother of all protests’ as president swears in new cabinet
NAIROBI — Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital’s streets for an eighth week of demonstrations on Thursday as President William Ruto swore in a new cabinet.Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi city center as many businesses remain closed. Widely shared posters on social media called for the “mother of all protests” dubbed the Nane Nane March after the Swahili translation of the day’s date – August 8.“We shall march for our rights and tomorrow, we shall liberate this country,” Kasmuel McOure, one of the most prominent young protesters, told reporters on Wednesday.The demonstrations started nearly two months ago, with mostly Gen Z Kenyans organizing on social media against a now withdrawn Finance Bill. They persisted as more citizens joined a largely...
August 08, 2024

Kenyan youth call for ‘mother of all protests’ as president swears in new cabinet

Protesters are railing against the high cost of living and what they say is 'bad governance'
Nigerians hit with 24-hour curfews amid protests
ABUJA — Millions of residents in northern Nigeria have been placed under 24-hour curfews amid nationwide protests against the high cost of living.Governments in the states of Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina have ordered locals not to leave their homes — and therefore not attend protests — on Friday.The authorities say the curfew is necessary because "hoodlums" have hijacked the protests in order to loot and vandalize properties.There is a heavy security presence around the country with nine more "days of rage" scheduled by the movement's organizers.On the first day, demonstrations in the northern city of Kano drew the largest crowds.Police fired live bullets and tear gas — and sprayed hot water — to try and disperse thousands of demonstrators. Three people...
August 02, 2024

Nigerians hit with 24-hour curfews amid protests

Camps provide security, food and water for the displaced population
Satellite images and doctor testimony reveal Tigray hunger crisis
ADDIS ABABA — A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the north of Ethiopia, driven by drought, crop failure and continued insecurity in the aftermath of a brutal war.With local officials warning that more than two million people are now at risk of starvation, the BBC has gained exclusive access to some of the worst affected areas in Tigray province and analyzed satellite imagery to reveal the full scale of the emergency the region now faces.The month of July is a critical period for food security when farmers need to plant crops to take advantage of the seasonal rains.The satellite images we have identified show that reservoirs, and the farmlands they help irrigate, have dried up because the rains failed last year. They now need to be replenished by seasonal rains if farmers are to stand...
July 26, 2024

Satellite images and doctor testimony reveal Tigray hunger crisis

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