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…

WHO 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…

At 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…

US 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…