Russia's Wagner Group expands into Africa's Sahel with a new brand
Wagner Group has been replaced by a new entity known as Russia's Africa Corps across its key strongholds in the continent, its new leader has confirmed. The infamous mercenary organization's founders, Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, were killed in a plane crash in August 2023, two months after…#wagnergroup #africacorps #yevgenyprigozhin #wagner #moscow #african #libya #sudan #burkinafaso #prigozhinandutkin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Embodying the Spirit of the Dragon
By Siddharth ChatterjeeBEIJING, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) The Year of the Dragon is upon us. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for this Lunar New Year, “The dragon symbolizes energy, wisdom, protection and good luck. We need these qualities to rise to today’s global challenges.” Indeed, we do. Just consider some of the challenges from the past year. The persistent drag of COVID-19. Sluggish economies. The hottest year on record. Climate disasters, one after the other. A rising tide of fake news, fake images, and hate speech. Risks posed by the malicious use of AI, which grows in sophistication by t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Siddharth Chatterjee Tags: Armed Conflicts Asia-Pacific Climate Change Economy & Trade Education Energy Environment Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Peace Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Sudan: Drama Workshops by Displaced Provide Psychological Support in Blue Nile
[Dabanga] Ed Damazin -- The Dramatists Initiative in the Blue Nile region is providing psychological support to displaced people who fled Khartoum, El Gezira, and other states in Sudan after the war broke out between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Arts, Culture and Entertainment Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Refugees and Displacement Sudan Source Type: news

About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says
Thirteen children are dying everyday of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10 month war in their country, Medical charity Doctors without Borders or MSF said Monday (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel…#sudan #sudanese #abdelfattahburhan #rapidsupportforces #mohammedhamdandagalo #africa #khartoum #worldfoodprogram #darfur #kordofan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sudan: Urgent Response Needed Amid High Death Rates and Malnutrition Crisis in North Darfur
[MSF] A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by MSF reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Refugees and Displacement Sudan Source Type: news

Sudan: Youth-Led 'Emergency Rooms' Shine Rays of Hope in War-Torn Sudan
[UN News] With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives reaching vulnerable civilians with myriad assistance, from repairing damaged power lines to carving out safe evacuation routes for millions fleeing the conflict. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 4, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news

Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza & complexities of civil war in Sudan
In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva gives us the latest from Israel with reports of a buffer ...#battlelines #nataliyavasilyeva #israel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
The U.N. food agency says it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Sudan: Cholera and Dengue Fever Rates Increase in North Kordofan
[Dabanga] El-Obeid -- The North Kordofan Health Ministry yesterday reported an increase in cholera and dengue fever patients. At least 47 cholera cases and 817 dengue fever cases have been recorded this month. The supply of medicines in the state is sufficient for one month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news

South Sudan: MSF Launches Mass Vaccination Campaign Amid Deadly Hepatitis E Outbreak
[MSF] Juba - In response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, MSF has launched a vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to provide protection to women and girls of reproductive age, who are at greatest risk of death from the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society South Sudan Source Type: news

Implementation of healthy men healthy communities: a health promotion and gender-based violence prevention program for male South Sudanese refugees in Uganda - Zielinski R, Ajak DK, Drummond N, Lee HE.
Men living in refugee settings are often exposed to violence, poverty, and social instability, which impacts physical and mental health and increases the risk of perpetrating sexual and gender-based violence. Healthy Men Healthy Communities was developed a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news

An Inside Look at the Embryo Transplant That May Help Save the Northern White Rhino
The two loneliest rhinos in the world are the female known as Najin and her daughter, known as Fatu. They live in the Ol Pejeta conservancy, a 360 sq km (140 sq mi.) sanctuary in central Kenya. A lot of different animals representing a lot of different species call Ol Pejeta home, but Najin and Fatu are special: they are the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos, a species that once numbered 25,000 and ranged across what is now South Sudan, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. The near-death of the species is mostly due to poaching—with humans hunting down the rhino...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger and Photos by Ami Vitale Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species ’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
The first successful embryo transfer in a southern white rhino paves way for using technique to save rarer northern cousinsThe critically endangered northern white rhino could be saved from the brink of extinction after scientists performed the first successful embryo transfer in white rhinos.After the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018, the disappearance of the species looked imminent. Just twoinfertile female northern white rhinos– Fatu and Najin – remain, and are under 24-hour armed protection at a conservation reservation in Kenya. But a new scientific advancement means the mother and daughter may ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Greenfield Tags: Endangered species Conservation Africa Animals Environment World news Science Biodiversity Mammals Biology Source Type: news

A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan ’s West Darfur State
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Source: UNFPA News - January 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news