Police on Tuesday fired tear gas and arrested several protesters opposing the construction of an Ebola quarantine facility at the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki. The demonstrators accused both the Kenyan and United States governments of ignoring court directives and public concerns by continuing with the controversial project. Witnesses reported that six people were arrested…
The World Health Organization (World Health Organization) has praised Uganda for its swift and effective response in controlling an Ebola outbreak that spread from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Speaking in Kampala, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commended Uganda’s health authorities for taking rapid action that helped limit the spread of the disease despite…
Sudan, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo na Colombia zimetajwa kuwa miongoni mwa migogoro ya wakimbizi iliyopuuzwa zaidi duniani, kulingana na Shirika la Norwegian Refugee Council. Shirika hilo linasema zaidi ya watu milioni tisa wameyakimbia makazi yao ndani ya Sudan tangu kuzuka kwa vita mwaka 2023, huku wengine milioni nne wakikimbilia mataifa jirani. Aidha, takriban watu…
Kulingana na taarifa za hivi karibuni kutoka Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, idadi ya watu waliofariki kutokana na mlipuko mpya wa ugonjwa wa Ebola katika taifa la Democratic Republic of the Congo imeongezeka hadi watu 80, huku takribani visa 246 vikishukiwa kuripotiwa katika jimbo la Ituri mashariki mwa nchi hiyo. Maeneo yaliyoathirika zaidi…
