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By Sonia Rolley and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Around a third of mpox vaccines donated by Japan to the Democratic Republic of Congo are being wasted because they cannot be stored once prepared for use, the head of Congo’s mpox response told Reuters. Japan has donated three million doses of its LC16 vaccine to Congo …

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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Women fleeing Sudan’s al-Fashir city report killings, systematic rape and the disappearance of their children following its capture by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the U.N. agency for women said on Tuesday. Al-Fashir’s fall on October 26 has cemented the RSF’s control of the Darfur region in its …

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(Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it believes hundreds of people were killed in Tanzania in protests that erupted during last month’s elections, adding it has received reports that security forces are hiding bodies. Tanzania government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. The main opposition party, …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu, Valerie Volcovici and Simon Jessop BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations’ COP32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event. The more immediate choice …

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