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Ebola is “no longer incurable” as experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to scientists and health authorities in Congo, two experimental drugs – an antibody cocktail called REGN-EB3 developed by Regeneron and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 – will now […]
The President of the African Union Commission, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, came under harsh criticism for her deafening silence on the violations of human rights and the 1951 Geneva convention by Algerian authorities which have recently deported thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants. Officials from Mali, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire have all condemned the silence of the […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco starts this Wednesday a new African tour that will lead the Sovereign and his accompanying delegation to Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon and the republic of Guinea Bissau. During this new trip, the King will meet the Heads of States and top officials of these African countries. He will also preside […]
UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar has resigned from his post after he was criticized for failing in his mission by Yemeni president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his Sunni Arab allies particularly those of the Gulf countries. The resignation of Benomar, an experienced Moroccan diplomat, comes as the Saudi-led coalition continues airstrikes targeting the rebel […]
UNITED NATIONS – “The current crisis in South Sudan, Iraq, and Syria and the outbreak of Ebola are stretching the abilities of the United Nations,” said Bettina Leuscher, Chief Spokesperson of the World Food Program (WFP) on September 21st in a panel discussion organized by the United Nations Foundation in New York. In less than […]