MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will donate 500,000 doses of the mpox vaccine, or 20% of its stockpile, to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. It added that the country had urged the European Commission to propose that all EU member states donate 20% of their …
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By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Cheers grew louder as Gabriel Ota, clad like a popular Japanese action game character, strutted his costume on stage inside a garden of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. To look like Jin Sakai, the sword-wielding protagonist of “Ghost of Tsushima”, 28-year-old Ota spent a month creating a chalky Samurai outfit out …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected and often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it. That means there are multiple unknowns about the …
By Eltayeb Siddig ARBAAT, Sudan (Reuters) -Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war. Torrential rains caused floods that overwhelmed …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Bola Tinubu named new homeland security and foreign intelligence chiefs on Monday, a week after their predecessors resigned abruptly, as Africa’s most populous nation fights a northeastern insurgency and rampant kidnappings. Mohammed Mohammed, who headed Nigeria’s mission to Libya, will lead the National Intelligence Agency. Adeola Ajayi will helm the …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed in a dam collapse in Sudan, the U.N. said on Monday, citing local officials, adding that the total number could be much higher. Twenty villages were also destroyed following the dam’s collapse and the homes of 50,000 were destroyed or damaged. (Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir)
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian judge will hear a money laundering case against crypto exchange Binance and two of its executives next week, more than a month earlier than planned, after defence lawyers asked for the date change, the prosecutor said on Monday. Binance and the executives – U.S. citizen and head …
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By Sonia Rolley PARIS (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week, the head of its response team said on Monday, as Congo battles a new variant of the virus that has spread beyond its borders. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to the affected countries, said a government spokesperson on Monday. The government will provide the World Health Organization with flexible financial resources via …
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(This Aug. 24 story has been refiled to correct the name in reporting credit to Djaffar Al Katanty) By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – The first 10,000 mpox vaccines are finally due to arrive next week in Africa, where a dangerous new strain of the virus – which has afflicted people there for decades – …
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