Category: Africa
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Spain’s Ceuta overwhelmed as 60,000 Moroccan migrants cross border
A rush of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco flooded into the autonomous city of Ceuta over a 24 hour period, as President of the city, Juan Jesús Vivas called on the Government of Spain to declare a national emergency. Speaking to Cadena Ser and Onda Cero, Vivas insisted that decisions regarding the mass…
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Ebola outbreak intensifies across Congo with risk to South Sudan growing
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has worsened, with transmission of the disease accelerating in already affected areas, as well as an increased risk of cross-border spread into South Sudan. At the time of reporting, there have been 1,926 confirmed cases and…
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UN warns of further deaths in Sudan as it deals with civil war and widespread famine
Famine has hit conflict-stricken Sudan as the country deals with ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. Since the conflict began in April 2023, almost 13 million people have been displaced according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…
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80,000 children at risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across Africa
According to UNICEF, an estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the disease spreads across West and Central Africa. There are active outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nigeria which are raising the threat level of cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries. Cholera is a disease that causes rapid dehydration…
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South Korea supports food security in Mozambique
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed South Korea’s US$7.6m worth of contributions to improve food security for communities in northern Mozambique. The contributions which comprise more than 5,000 metric tonnes of rice, will allow the WFP to deliver food assistance to more than 233,000 people in the Cabo Delgado Province. The region…
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