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OPINION - The Standard View: If we have truly 'learned the lessons of Covid', we must act decisively against mpox

Politicians and policy-makers love to say it: “We must learn the lessons of Covid.” Indeed, a repeat of the last pandemic – in which more than seven million people died, schools shut and entire national economies were switched off – is something we ought to avoid. Which is why now…

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WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war.

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‘SADC should speak out’: Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit

Police flood Harare’s streets in anticipation of protests on the eve of Southern African Development Community meeting.

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Why the latest mpox outbreak has global health authorities so alarmed

World health authorities are increasingly alarmed by the latest mpox outbreak, driven by a more lethal and infectious variant than the strain behind the 2022 outbreak – with this new version predominantly affecting children.

Radio France Internationale

Yemen rivals threaten to resume war as hunger and cholera worsen in the poor nation, UN envoy warns

U.N. officials say Yemen’s rival parties are making military preparations and threatening to return to war as hunger and cholera are increasing in the Arab world’s poorest nation

The Independent UK

She fought to become a midwife. Now she’s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan

Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth

The Independent UK

South Sudan's security bill allowing warrantless arrests becomes law

South Sudan’s parliament says controversial security legislation allowing the arrest of people without warrants has become law even though the president has not signed it

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Sudan Negotiators Working Phones To Engage Both Sides: US Envoy

Though the Sudanese army is still staying away from ceasefire talks in Switzerland, the US envoy convening the negotiations told AFP they were nonetheless in daily contact -- and making progress on humanitarian aid.

International Business Times

Sudan negotiators working phones to engage both sides: US envoy

Though the Sudanese army is still staying away from ceasefire talks in Switzerland, the US envoy convening the negotiations told AFP they were nonetheless in daily contact – and making progress on humanitarian aid.

Radio France Internationale

Prisons don’t work – who will have the courage to say so?

Letter: Prison won’t work unless we, as a society, are prepared to have a serious conversation about punishment and what it is meant to achieve, writes Dr Drew Gray

The Guardian - UK

Mpox Kills 548 In DR Congo, Case Recorded In Sweden

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday an mpox outbreak has killed 548 people there this year, as the first case outside Africa of the virus's more dangerous variant was recorded in a traveller in Sweden.

International Business Times

Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat

Independent experts with the United Nations have urged Bahrain to ensure those held at its Jaw prison have access to adequate food, water and medical care

The Independent UK

Mpox 2025 mapped: All the countries where cases of new strain have been confirmed - including UK

While the new strain of mpox has appeared in parts of Africa, other types have been continue to be recorded around the world

The Independent UK

‘Enforced disappearances’ send a chill through Kenya’s protests

Dozens are reported as having gone missing since demonstrations began, and some have turned up dead

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Radio France Internationale

WHO declares second mpox international health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency around the surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, sounding its highest alarm over the spread of the virus for the second time since 2022.

The Independent UK

UN envoy says South Sudan is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December

The U.N. envoy for South Sudan says the troubled African country is not ready to hold its first post-independence elections in December and political players are discussing whether voting should be held this year

France 24

First day of Sudan peace talks concludes with army absent, RSF presence unclear

Over a year into a conflict that has caused the world's worst displacement crisis, US-led peace talks for the war in Sudan showed little promise, with the Sudanese army failing to send representatives and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces refusing to confirm its own delegates' attendance.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Sudan’s vicious war: civilians suffer as outsiders jostle for advantage

Editorial: To say the conflict has been forgotten is too kind: the world is largely indifferent – apart from those who hope to profit there

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Al Jazeera

WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency

Officials say new fast-spreading variant has been detected in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries.

Al Jazeera

Sudan army absent as talks aimed at ending civil war begin in Switzerland

Army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s about-face on joining talks dampens hopes they will lead to end of 16-month war.

The Independent UK

Mpox declared public health emergency with fears of spread across borders

Compared with the same period last year, cases are up 160% and deaths have increased by 19%

The Guardian - UK

Freed Israeli hostage Aviva Siegel on Netanyahu’s unbearable strategy and waiting for her husband to come home

Keith Siegel has been in captivity for more than 300 days and Aviva Siegel can’t hear about ‘winning’ any more

Radio France Internationale

Freed Tanzanian opposition leaders 'beaten' during mass arrests

Top leaders from Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party and other senior officials were freed on bail Tuesday following their arrests ahead of a planned youth event in the southwestern city of Mbeya. Chadema said they had been badly beaten during their detention.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan at 'cataclysmic breaking point' amid multiple crises, UN warns

Sudan is at a "catastrophic breaking point" with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises, the United Nations migration agency has warned.

The Independent UK

The Taliban are celebrating three years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

The Taliban are celebrating their third year as rulers of Afghanistan at a former U.S. air base

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