Day: July 15, 2022
Historic Tea Payment Made to South African Tribes
Two tribes in South Africa, the Khoi and the San, have received their first payment for the sale of the indigenous rooibos plant, grown mainly for tea. The Rooibos Tea Council, representing businesses, paid the tribes more than $700,000 as part of a be…
Read MoreWHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency panel on July 21
GENEVA— The World Health Organization said it would reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on monkeypox will be held, wi…
Read MoreAt Least 12 Killed in Raids on Northern Togo Villages
Armed men killed at least 12 civilians in overnight raids on villages in northern Togo, where Islamist militants have staged several attacks, two local activists and a medical source said Friday.Spared until recently by the jihadi violence that has rav…
Read MoreUS Withdraws From Peace Monitoring Groups in South Sudan
The United States has pulled out of the systems that monitor the peace process in South Sudan because of the country’s failure to meet reform milestones, the State Department said Friday.South Sudan continues to face chronic instability even after riva…
Read MoreAfrica sees 63% rise in diseases spread from animals to humans in decade: WHO
BRAZZAVILLE— Africa faces a growing threat from zoonotic diseases such as monkeypox, the WHO said, with the continent recording a 63-percent rise in such outbreaks over the past decade.A World Health Organization (WHO) analysis found 1,843 “public heal…
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