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Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa's coastal province

Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa's coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging properties, a government official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Russia looms large on Scholz's first Africa tour as chancellor

Russia's impact on energy and food prices and security will provide the backdrop to Olaf Scholz's first trip to Africa as German Chancellor, a three-day tour of Senegal, Niger and South Africa kicking off on Sunday.

Reuters

Monkeypox: UK ‘detecting more cases on a daily basis’, says doctor

Monkeypox, which is related to the now eradicated smallpox virus, is endemic in parts of west and central Africa

Evening Standard

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Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis

Campaigners say ministers must change course as millions face famine in Africa and the Ukraine war threatens to disrupt global food supplies

The Guardian - UK

Monkeypox disease outbreak linked to suspected superspreader event at Spanish sauna

Experts say there is 'reason to assume' that the virus endemic to west Africa had been brought in by visitors from abroad including to fetish festival in Belgium amid recent cases in other countries

Daily Mirror

Brits urged to take cover amid Spanish heat warnings as temperatures soar to over 40C

British holidaymakers have been told to take cover as Spain sweltered in the hottest temperatures for 20 years as some regions record 42C due to a blast of hot dry air from north Africa

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox: Scientists ‘stunned’ by spread of virus in Europe and North America

‘This is not the kind of spread we’ve seen in West Africa, so there may be something new happening in the West,’ one expert said

The Independent UK

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General alert sounded against monkey pox

Over 100 cases reported in 11 countries outside Africa

The Hindu

Monkeypox in the US: Where is the disease and will it spread?

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

The Independent UK

The Titanic-sized tree feeding the Earth’s volcanoes from a small French island

Researchers have uncovered a crawling tree-like network of volcanic plumes under the Earth's surface that could erupt and destroy Africa in tens of millions of years

Daily Mirror

Researchers share draft genome sequences of monkeypox virus

The draft genome indicates that the virus circulating outside Africa belongs to the West African clade

The Hindu

Explainer-How worried should we be about the monkeypox global health emergency?

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest alert level, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared on Saturday.

Reuters

East Africans triumph again in Paris Marathon

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Paris Marathon. There are musings on doing nothing and the happiness it can bring, plenty of good music, and of course, the new quiz question, too. Just click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

Monkeypox: A rare virus on the rise

The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.

Bangkok Post

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannes Film-makers Urge France to Face Up to Colonial Past

Film-makers are holding up a mirror to France over its colonial past at the Cannes festival, helped by star power and a growing French readiness to face up to injustices committed notably in Africa. The colonization of Algeria and the horrors of the Algerian war of independence (1954-1962) deeply scarred…

ABC News

WHO holds emergency meeting on monkeypox spread as Europe cases rise

At least nine European countries have confirmed cases of monkeypox, with WHO officials worrying it may spread further during the northern hemisphere summer.

Daily Mirror

Russia looked into using monkeypox as biological weapon, claims ex soviet scientist

Rare viral infection can be caught from infected wild animals in parts of west and central Africa, and can be transmitted by a person's breath or bodily fluids

The Times of India

BA.4 case: South African national enrolled in Hyderabad business school

HYDERABAD: A day after India's first case of BA.4 subvariant of Omicron was reported from Hyderabad, it has now emerged that the South African national, who tested positive for the variant, had enrolled himself under a corporate educational exchange programme in a city business school a week ago.

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Wales Online

Monkeypox outbreak will not be next pandemic, say scientists

'This will not be a pandemic as we know pandemics'

RideApart

Yamaha Teams Up With Riders For Health On Three-Year Partnership

Yamaha announces a three-year partnership with Riders for Health, a non-profit providing motorbikes to healthcare workers in Africa.

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox: Why LA is watching out for this rare but potentially serious illness

LOS ANGELES — An increase in the number of cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, in Europe and a single case in Massachusetts is attracting increased attention from health officials.

The Times of India

Metropolis Healthcare in talks with Amazon, Flipkart & Apollo Hospitals to sell stake

NEW DELHI: Metropolis Healthcare, a medical diagnostics chain with operations in India, Africa and the Middle East has held initial discussions with several companies including Flipkart, Amazon and Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to sell a significant minority stake.

Al Jazeera

Monkeypox spreading in Europe, US, has African scientists baffled

WHO’s European chief concerned that monkeypox could spread as people gather for parties and festivals over the summer.

Reuters

WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe

The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after over 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.

The Independent UK

Australia reports first monkeypox case in man returning from Britain

Monkeypox, most commonly found in west and central Africa, is said to be milder than smallpox in humans

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