Kinshasa, May 30 (IANS) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), is visiting Congo amid the Ebola outbreak in the nation.”I had the opportunity to meet with Lieutenant-General Johnny Luboya Nkashama, the Governor of Ituri, which is currently the province in the Congo reporting the highest number of cases in the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus,” Ghebreyesus wrote on X on Saturday.”During our discussions, we agreed that a key priori…
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Abuja, May 29 (IANS) Nigerian public health authorities have identified 21 of the country’s 36 states as being at high or moderate risk of Ebola importation, amid growing concerns over cross-border transmission.In a statement issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said that recent Ebola outbreaks in parts of East and Central Africa had increased the risk of the disease being imported into Nigeria, although no confirmed case has yet been recorded in the country.The…
Rome, May 29 (IANS) Italy’s government is urging Europe to step up surveillance coordination at its borders to combat the spread of Ebola, Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s office said in a statement on Friday. Italy is sending a team of experts from Rome’s Spallanzani infectious diseases hospital to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “as early as this weekend” to help combat the outbreak and strengthen monitoring and control of the virus, PM Meloni’s office added.”Italy believ…
Kinshasa, May 7 (IANS) The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has said that the country may not hold its presidential elections set for 2028 if the war in the east continues, placing national security at the centre of his government’s political agenda.Congo is facing an “aggression war” aimed at destabilising state institutions, looting natural resources and weakening national sovereignty, Tshisekedi told a press conference in Kinshasa, the country’s capit…
United Nations, Jan 7 (IANS) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is sounding the alarm over a surge in violence in Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is severely disrupting life-saving operations in the region, a UN spokesperson said.The town of Bule and nearby areas have experienced ongoing hostilities since early December, and local authorities reported that at least 25 civilians have been killed and more than 40 injured o…
Accra, Dec 22 (IANS) Several Indian diplomatic missions worldwide celebrated World Meditation Day, highlighting the timeless relevance of meditation in fostering inner peace, emotional well-being, and social harmony.In 2024, the United Nations General Assembly declared December 21 as World Meditation Day to underline the importance of mindfulness and inner harmony in human life.Marking the occasion in Ghana, the Indian High Commission in Accra organised a unified meditation session reaffirming t…