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USAID cuts put tuberculosis response in peril, WHO says

5 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -The Trump administration’s decision to pause U.S. foreign aid would undo progress made in containing tuberculosis (TB) infections across low- and middle-income countries, putting the lives of millions at risk, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk. Our collective response must …

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Egypt’s Sisi meets Syria’s Sharaa in Cairo for first time

4 Mar 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, for the first time on the sidelines of the summit held to discuss Gaza’s reconstruction in Cairo on Tuesday. Sharaa, an Islamist who was once an affiliate of al Qaeda, has been trying to gain support from Arab and Western leaders since …

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Arab summit adopts Egyptian Gaza reconstruction plan

4 Mar 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Arab summit convened in Cairo on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of Gaza, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said during a closing statement. The plan aims to counter President Donald Trump’s proposals for a “Middle East Riviera” by presenting a scheme for rebuilding the devastated strip without displacing …

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Extra 1 million people could be engulfed in Somalia hunger crisis, WFP says

4 Mar 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) – One million more people in Somalia could face crisis levels of hunger in coming months due to a forecast drought during the next crop cycle, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday. The number could rise even further because of funding cuts, Jean-Martin Bauer, director of the WFP’s Food Security and Nutrition …

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Migrants rescued from energy platform off Tunisia after four days, charity says

4 Mar 2025

ROME (Reuters) – A charity vessel has rescued more than 30 migrants including two children who had been stranded for four days on a gas platform in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, the Sea-Watch organisation said on Tuesday. “This morning, Sea-Watch’s fast ship Aurora left (the Italian island of) Lampedusa to rescue them. …

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Moroccan activist defending quake victims gets jail sentence

4 Mar 2025

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan appeals court on Tuesday increased a jail sentence to one year against Moroccan activist Said Ait Mehdi, who led protests criticizing the government response to a devastating earthquake in September 2023, his lawyer said. Ait Mehdi, who had been sentenced to three months in a first instance …

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UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak

4 Mar 2025

KAMPALA (Reuters) -The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country’s health budget was strained by U.S. cuts to foreign aid. Uganda declared the outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in …

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Guinea-Bissau president to run for second term, backtracking on vow to step down

4 Mar 2025

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on earlier vows to step down and potentially stoking tensions over when his current term ends and over postponed elections. Embalo, after a trip to Russia, Azerbaijan and Hungary, told reporters at the airport: …

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Rwanda says Canada export permit, business suspension over Congo war ‘shameful’

4 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was “shameful”, adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict. Late on Monday, Canada announced it had suspended the issuance of permits for the export of controlled goods and technologies to Rwanda, …

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