The World Health Organization declared Sunday that the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, its highest global alert level, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported across the two countries. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom......
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an international public health emergency in response to a worsening Ebola outbreak affecting Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda. The announcement represents the second-highest level of alert issued by the WHO and reflects growing concern over the spread of the virus, particularly......
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public health agency of the African Union. Health authorities reported that laboratory confirmations have identified at least four deaths linked to......
African policymakers, researchers and mining experts are intensifying calls for local transformation of critical raw materials as global competition for strategic minerals accelerates. During a conference held in Rabat by the Policy Center for the New South and the Geology and Sustainable Mining Institute, participants examined the challenges......
At least 69 people, mostly civilians, were killed in late April following an attack by armed fighters linked to the CODECO militia in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local and security sources. The violence took place in Ituri Province, a resource-rich region bordering Uganda that has been affected for......
Two months after the outbreak of war in Iran, a global energy shock is forcing millions of households in Africa and South Asia to abandon cleaner cooking fuels and return to charcoal and firewood. The surge in fuel prices has disrupted access to liquefied petroleum gas and other modern energy sources, pushing vulnerable populations toward......
The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the creation of a new paramilitary mining protection unit aimed at securing key mineral sites and strengthening control over strategic supply chains. The initiative, supported by international partnerships, is designed to address long-standing challenges in the country’s mining sector,......
A U.S.-linked company involved in a strategic minerals agreement in Democratic Republic of the Congo overstated its mining experience, according to documents and multiple sources reviewed by Reuters, raising fresh concerns over transparency in deals tied to critical resources. The company, Virtus, recently acquired copper and cobalt assets......
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