Brazil is not a ‘banana republic’ and has capacity to fight crime at home, President Lula da Silva tells US
The US Department of State on Thursday designated two Brazilian criminal groups – Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital – as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and will list them as Foreign Terrorist Organisations starting June 5.
Nine members of UN Security Council vote to renew sanctions against South Sudan as three African nations abstain
To be adopted, a Security Council draft resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no veto from any of the council’s five permanent members – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.
US considers relocating Ebola-exposed Americans to Kenya as Uganda shuts border with Congo
A local Ebola taskforce made the decision to close the border after a rise in Ugandan health workers exposed to the virus by Congolese patients who crossed before the outbreak was declared on May 15.
Suspicious residents of eastern Congo region hit by Ebola complicate fight against ravaging disease
Trust is hard to find among the traumatised population that is wary of outsiders, even those trying desperately to contain the rapidly spreading outbreak that experts say was discovered weeks late. Surveillance for such diseases has been weakened by US and other aid cuts.
UAE, which like Kenya is said to be backing RSF, now accused of training Colombian mercenaries to fight in Sudan war
Human Rights Watch said it verified videos showing mercenaries, apparently Colombian, fighting alongside the RSF when it captured the Darfur city of el-Fasher in October in an offensive the UN-commissioned experts said bore “the hallmarks of genocide.” At least 6,000 people were killed in three days, according to the UN.
End of Middle East war imminent as Iran announces ‘conclusion reached on major issues’ with US
On a recent EU decision to impose sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities involved in Iran’s actions and policies regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei warned that any hostile action would definitely trigger Tehran’s response.
Africa CDC warns Kenya and nine other countries in Great Lakes region at high risk of Ebola spread
The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can cause symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, generalised pain or malaise.
Why Ugandans want Bundibugyo name of Ebola virus currently ravaging eastern Congo changed to avoid stigmatisation
The Ugandan district’s connection to the Bundibugyo virus stems from an Ebola outbreak there nearly two decades ago that was flagged as a new species of Ebola, a viral disease that usually manifests as haemorrhagic fever.
Why East and Central Africa are on red alert following latest outbreak bola in eastern Congo
Jean-Jacques Muyembe, director of the DRC’s National Institute of Biomedical Research, said the country has recorded 17 Ebola outbreaks since 1976, most caused by the Zaire strain.
Rapid spread of Ebola in eastern Congo worries WHO chief as new outbreak kills at least 135
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,” and pointed to the emergence of cases in urban areas, the deaths of healthcare workers and significant population movement.
