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(MENAFN) Ten African countries now face imminent Ebola exposure risk as the Democratic Republic of Congo's outbreak intensifies, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned Saturday, as global health bodies launched a...

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(MENAFN) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that ten African countries are now considered “at risk” of Ebola virus disease transmission following a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...

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(MENAFN) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that ten African countries are currently considered at risk following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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(MENAFN) An Air France flight en route from Paris to Detroit was diverted to Montreal after US authorities blocked entry for a passenger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing tightened Ebola-related travel measures, according to...

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ATLANTA, GA, May 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) brought entrepreneurs, investors, corporate partners, and industry experts from across the country to Atlanta for its 2026 Annual Conference,...

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(MENAFN) Close to 600 suspected Ebola infections and no fewer than 139 suspected fatalities have been recorded in the latest outbreak sweeping eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) disclosed Wednesday, as...

South African Government

Your Excellency, my brother President Félix Tshisekedi, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jean Kaseya, The leadership of the National Institute for Biomedical Research,...

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(MENAFN) At least 131 suspected fatalities and 513 probable infections have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's latest Ebola outbreak, DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba disclosed Tuesday during a special briefing in Kinshasa...

World Trade Organization

Specific trade concerns Members raised a new record high of 76 specific trade concerns (STCs) at the SPS Committee meeting.

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(MENAFN) Ghana has turned down a proposed American health assistance package worth $109 million, objecting to data-sharing requirements embedded in the agreement, a source familiar with the negotiations told media on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Governments from Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda met in Juba, Juba, on Sunday to mark Nile Day and reaffirm their commitment to cooperation under the Nile...

International Committee of the Red Cross

Once again, almost all the beds in ICRC-supported hospitals are full. “The health crisis resulting from Ebola hasn’t reduced the number of conflict-related emergency cases.

International Committee of the Red Cross

Last year, around the world, 5.4 million people fled violence and persecution by seeking refuge in other countries.

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(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the President of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, on Saturday during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2026 in southern Türkiye.

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TYSONS, Va., April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digital Global Systems (DGS) and BroadSat hosted government leaders and ambassadors from various African nations to discuss national development in the digital age. Bringing together representatives...

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(MENAFN) Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera was inaugurated for a third term on Monday following his victory in the December general election.

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(MENAFN) Faustin Archange Touadera was inaugurated Monday for an unprecedented third term as President of the Central African Republic, following a commanding electoral victory in last December's general election.

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(MENAFN) A fifth individual has been nominated for the position of the next UN secretary-general, according to documents released on the United Nations’ website on Friday.

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(MENAFN) The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to take “concrete steps” to ease rising tensions and advance stalled peace efforts after discussions hosted by the United States in Washington.

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(MENAFN) A fifth individual has been nominated for the position of the next UN secretary-general, according to documents released on the United Nations’ website on Friday.