GENEVA— Some prominent infectious disease experts are pushing for faster action from global health authorities to contain a growing monkeypox outbreak that has spread to at least 20 countries.They are arguing that governments and the World Health Organ…
Day: May 29, 2022
Poor pushed to brink of hunger in Malawi, UN Agency warns
GENEVA— Soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.The WFP said nearly 400,000 Malawians were already food insecure due to f…
Poor pushed to brink of hunger in Malawi, UN Agency warns
GENEVA— Soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.The WFP said nearly 400,000 Malawians were already food insecure due to f…
DR Congo halts Rwanda flights over alleged support for rebels
KINSHASA— The Democratic Republic of Congo suspended RwandAir flights to the country, accusing Rwanda’s government of supporting the M23 rebel group that has renewed its offensive near their shared border.The government in Kinshasa also summoned Rwanda…