BERLIN (Reuters) -A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread. “We can and must tackle mpox together,” said Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, in a U.N. media briefing. …
(Reuters) -Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hopes to receive its first doses of an mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the United States and Japan to help it fight its outbreak, the Congolese health minister said on Monday. The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public health emergency for …
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(Reuters) -Emergent BioSolutions said on Monday it would donate 50,000 doses of its smallpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other impacted countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to address the current mpox outbreak. The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian officials and the U.S. ambassador inaugurated renovations of several monuments and buildings in Historic Cairo, including the Bimaristan al-Muayyad Sheikh, a hospital complex built in 1420 A.D. The building is notable for its giant crenulated facade and inlaid kufic Arabic inscriptions. “It is a new policy the government is following, which …
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(Reuters) – Four years after the military ousted Mali’s then-president and came to power, many residents say economic troubles are worsening and constant power cuts are hurting businesses. The August 2020 coup in the troubled West African nation was set off by public anger with corrupt rulers backed by former colonial power France, a spreading …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Operations at Libya’s Central Bank (CBL) in Tripoli have resumed after the release of a senior official, whose abduction on Sunday had caused a brief suspension of operations, the bank said in a statement on Monday. CBL confirmed the release of the head of its information technology department Musaab Muslamm, who was …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has extended the term of acting central bank governor Hasan Abdalla for a third year, the official gazette said on Monday. Abdalla, who was head of Cairo-based Arab African International Bank for 16 years, was appointed for an initial year in August 2022 after the surprise resignation …
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By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia is ramping up efforts to restructure its $1 billion international bond as part of a broader debt rework. Investors have balked at indications that the government is seeking a haircut, setting the stage for tense negotiations. Here are some key issues in the restructuring process: WHY IS ETHIOPIA …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon’s electricity company said the day before its supplies were exhausted. Lebanon has not had round-the-clock power since the 1990s and cash transfers to Lebanon’s state electricity company, Electricité du …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Sudan’s government said it will send a delegation to Cairo for discussions with U.S. and Egyptian officials on Monday, keeping open the question of participation in peace talks aimed at ending a 16-month war. The government, controlled by the army which is fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of …
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