African displacement triples to 35m people in just 15 years
Driven by wars and climate change, a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), says the number of
The African Union’s health watchdog has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent.
“I declare with a heavy heart but with an unyielding commitment to our people, to our African citizens, we declare mpox as public health emergency of continental security,” Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
According to CDC data as of August 4, there had been 38,465 cases of mpox since January 2022.
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