24 dead in one week as Ebola outbreak spreads in Congo
Yemen has world's worst humanitarian crisis in 100 years, says WFP
AT least 33 people have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus in the past week, 24 of which have since passed away, the health ministry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said. According to the ministry, the cases were discovered between October 8 and October 14.
So far, 211 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola
INCREASING conflict threatens millions in Yemen with what could become the worst famine in 100 years with the current upsurge in violence in the Islamic country.
As the World Food Day is recognized alongside efforts to end hunger around the globe, for hungry children and families, hunger and conflict are often intertwined.
According to the World Food Programme (WFP) of the Unoted Nations (UN), Yemeni families are struggling to survive with little to no income. Also, many children are not in school with evidence of hunger have been reported since early July, when the latest outbreak of the disease started, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Of those, 138 people have died from the highly deadly hemorrhagic fever.
All cases have been found in the northeastern region of the central African country, the WHO has stated. The latest Ebola outbreak everywhere.
"In many places, women are begging on the road often mothers desperate for money to feed their children. Famine will only make their situations even more dire", said Yemen's WFP Country Director, Stephen Anderson.
Anderson, who recently spoke with one mother whose entire family's livelihood, depended on fishing said: "The violence has forced her to flee with her children but she doesn't know what to do next. She's worried about the welfare of her children. How will she feed them, how will they make it through the coming days started in July and could go on for another three or four months, the WHO has said.
In recent weeks, the rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled after rebel violence in northeastern DRC caused response efforts to be briefly suspended, health officials said earlier this week.
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According to a UN research in the country, two-thirds of Yemenis are hungry, and more than 8 million people face severe hunger and close to famine-like conditions.
Their hunger is a direct result of the nation's ongoing conflict that has destroyed infrastructure, inflated food prices, and prevented humanitarian assistance from reaching the people who need it most.
"I think many of us felt, as we went into the 21st century, that it was unthinkable that we could see a famine like we saw in Ethiopia, in parts of have been in Beni, a city of several hundred thousand people, where experts had to suspend Ebola containment efforts for days after a deadly rebel attack killed 21.
The Congolese army has blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a notorious rebel group, for that attack.
With multiple armed groups active in the Bengal. It's just unacceptable," said Lisa Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen while talking to the BBC.
"Many of us had confidence it would never happen again, and yet the reality is that in Yemen that is precisely what we are looking at."
WFP is scaling operations to reach the millions of people on the brink of famine. If conflict continues to intensify, it could put another 3.5 million people at risk of starvation. "We predict that we could be looking at 12-13 million innocent civilians who are at risk of dying from a lack of food," said Grande. region, health officials have said they are effectively operating in a warzone. In a response to the violence, the government said it would deploy security forces to protect teams transporting the bodies of Ebola victims for burial recently, the WHO noted that all of the health workers who have caught Ebola in this epidemic - 19 so far - have been infected outside
ETHIOPIA'S new Cabinet is now a record 50% female, including the country's first woman defence minister, after lawmakers yesterday unanimously approved the nominations put forward by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
"Our women ministers will disprove the old adage that women can't lead," Abiy said while presenting his choices. "This decision is the first in the history of Ethiopia and probably in Africa." Ethiopia has faced sweeping political and economic reforms since the 42-yearold prime minister took
TURKISH police have "certain evidence" that the disappeared Saudi critic and journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Associated Press reported, citing an anonymous official. The source did not provide further details on the evidence found during a search of the consulate, which began on Monday and ended early yesterday.
Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate to obtain divorce papers on October 2.
Earlier yesterday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested the Saudis might have covered up a murder in their Istanbul consulate. Erdogan said investigators found surfaces newly of hospitals or clinics, meaning that the virus is spreading in the community.
Following the rapid increase in cases in northeastern DRC, the WHO also warned the disease might spread to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda, adding that those countries are well prepared but have not yet approved the use of a vaccine.
Ethiopian PM gives 50% of cabinet to women
office in April after months of anti-government protests and made pledges that include free and fair elections.
The Horn of Africa power joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50% or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-parliamentary Union and UN Women. French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in recent years unveiled "gender-balanced" Cabinets.
Aisha Mohammed Musa will lead Ethiopia's defence ministry.
Turkey reportedly found 'certain evidence' that journalist was killed in Saudi consulate
painted over which could indicate an attempt to conceal evidence.
Saudi officials previously denied knowledge of Khashoggi's whereabouts and claimed that he left the Istanbul consulate shortly after he went in.
However, on Monday, CNN reported that the government was now preparing to release a report claiming that Khashoggi died as a result of a botched interrogation that was conducted without clearance or transparency.
United States (U.S.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh yesterday to hear the Saudi side of the case. He may go to Turkey after his Saudi visit.