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WHO Sounds Global Emergency Alarm over Ebola Outbreak in Congo & Uganda

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province, which reported over 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths, does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. But it […]

Chad thaws ties with Cameroon, ambassador returns to Yaounde

Chad’s ambassador to Cameroon Djidda Moussa Outhman returned Wednesday to Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital, nearly two months after being recalled for consultation in protest to Cameroon’s reaction after authorities nationalized an oil company. Chad Foreign ministry in a statement issued Wednesday indicated that Outhman is back to Cameroon. Both countries fell out in April after […]

Libya: UN Envoy Ghassan Salame steps down on health grounds

UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame Monday resigned from his position citing health issues, two years and a half after his appointment. “My health no longer allows this rate of stress,” the Lebanese UN official said in a statement. “So I asked the Secretary-General to relieve me from my mission, wishing Libya peace and […]