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Kenya has reported an outbreak of cholera in six out of 47 counties. The health ministry revealed that thirteen people were admitted to hospitals and eight others had already been discharged while 40 were being treated as outpatients. The ministry stated that drought in many parts of the country may worsen the outbreak, and has put all counties on high alert. It added that it has sent out experts to […]

Lebanon has warned that a deadly cholera outbreak is spreading rapidly with cases rising from neighboring Syria. Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Firass Abiad said the epidemic is spreading rapidly in Lebanon. Health officials have blamed the country’s financial and political struggles, which have left citizens with poor and crumbling sanitation infrastructure. According to the health ministry, since October 6, Lebanon has recorded 169 cholera cases, almost half of them […]

Indonesian government has announced a ban on all syrup and liquid medicine prescription and over-the-counter sales. The Health Ministry’s spokesperson, Muhammad Mansyur, said the ban comes following the deaths of nearly 100 children from acute kidney injury, AKI, this year. Mansyur noted that the Ministry to receive 206 reported cases from 20 provinces with 99 deaths, adding that as a precaution, the ministry has asked all health workers not to […]

At least eight people have been killed in  an explosion at Myanmar's notorious Insein prison in Yangon. According to the report,two parcel bombs went off at the entrance to the jail on Wednesday, killing three prison staff and five visitors. No party has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. At least 10 other people were injured. Insein Prison is the country's largest jail with close to 10,000 prisoners, many of […]

Estonian lawmakers have adopted a statement that declares Russia a terrorist regime. On Tuesday, 80 Members of Parliament voted in favor, while 10 were absent and three abstained. The Parliament condemned Russia’s recent annexation of four Ukrainian territories, According to members, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, has turned Russia into the biggest danger to peace both in Europe and in the whole world.

Australia has said it will no longer recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, noted that the country is reversing a decision taken by the government of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2018. Wong reiterated that Australia’s embassy would remain in Tel Aviv and that Canberra was committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state coexist, within internationally recognized […]

The United Nations has reiterated a call for armed action in Haiti. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,  said he believed the action was necessary to ease Haitian gangs’ grip on a port that is critical to allowing fuel supplies into the country. Gueterres warned that residents face a nightmarish situation, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The weeks-long gang blockade of the Varreux terminal in Port-au-Prince has led to critical shortages of […]

Japan's prime minister, Fumio Kishida has ordered an inquiry into a religious group that has come under the spotlight after the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. Scrutiny of the religious sect in the weeks revealed it had ties with many government lawmakers. The Prime Minister conceded to holding a government investigation into the church after previously resisting calls for such a probe. The man accused of killing Abe said […]

The African Union has called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. A statement issued by AU Chairperson, MoussaMahamat called for the resumption of humanitarian services, urging the Parties to recommit to dialogue as per their agreement. Ethiopian government forces have been engaged in fighting with Tigray People’s Liberation Front rebels since November 2020. The AU call comes as it has been […]