Medical

Malawi Moves to Administer Cholera Vaccines as Cases Rise

Plans are underway in Malawi to start administering the cholera vaccine in some southern districts, as the number of cholera cases has been rising since an outbreak began in January.According to a daily update released Thursday by the Ministry of Healt…

At Least 14 Dead in East Congo Refugee Camp Attack

At least 14 people were killed in an overnight attack on a displaced persons camp in east Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the latest violence in an area overrun by militants, the army and a civil society leader said on Tuesday.Rebels rai…

Dozens Killed in Raid on DRC Gold Mine, Local Official Says

Raiders killed at least 35 people, including a baby, in an attack on a gold mine in Ituri, in the strife-torn northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said Sunday.One local official, Jean-Pierre Bikilisende, of the rural Mungwalu settle…

Sudanese protester killed by security forces

A protestor has been killed by Sudanese security forces during a rally against the military government in Khartoum on Thursday, medics said.According to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, the unidentified victim was “run over by an armoured veh…

Third Ebola death recorded in DR Congo – WHO

A third Ebola case has been identified in Democratic Republic of Congo’s city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization said.The patient is a 48-year-old man believed to be a “high-risk” contact of the first Ebola patient identified in the DRC’s lates…