The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the mpox outbreak could have devastating effects on refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected African countries if urgent support is not forthcoming. According to UNHCR, 42 suspected mpox cases have been detected in the South Kivu Province of the DRC – the war-ravaged central African country which is the epicentre of the outbreak. There have been other suspected and confirmed cases among refugee populations in the Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Caseload grows On 14 August, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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New head coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Bruno Labbadia has named his squad for the AFCON 2025 qualifiers. In preparation for the upcoming AFCON 2025 qualifiers, newly appointed Nigerian head coach Bruno Labbadia has unveiled his preferred squad for the competition.The squad features key players such as Victor Osimhen, who, despite previous issues with former head coach Finidi George, has made the cut. Other notable inclusions are Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman, and Kelechi Iheanacho, among others.This presents a crucial opportunity for the players to demonstrate their abilities to the new head coach, while also allowing Labbadia…
The Los Angeles Rams have traded a key member of their defense. The Rams on Tuesday traded starting linebacker Ernest Jones IV to the Tennessee Titans, according to multiple reports. The Rams will also send a 2026 sixth-round pick to Tennessee and will receive a 2026 fifth-round pick in return. Jones, a 2021 third-round pick out of South Carolina, led the Rams with 145 total tackles last year, which was a career high. He also had 4.5 sacks and was L.A.’s defensive play-caller. Jones was viewed as one of the leaders of the Rams’ defense, especially after Aaron Donald retired.A…
Panel expected to call on several key figures in bid to prevent repeat of deadly crash north of Sao Paulo.Brazil’s Congress has announced the formation of a committee to oversee an investigation into a plane crash earlier this month that killed 62 people. Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira authorised the installation of a 37-person committee last week, tasked with tracking an inquiry by Cenipa, a body that investigates aviation accidents. The lower house is expected to decide who to summon to speak before the panel on Tuesday. “Our intention is not to carry out a witch-hunt,” Congressman Nelsinho Padovani said.…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.Mayor Eric Adams poured cold water Tuesday on an imminent citywide school cell phone ban, citing a number of remaining obstacles and saying the city is “not there yet.““There will be some action in the upcoming school year, but the extent of a full ban, we’re not there yet. We want to make sure we have parents on board,” Adams said at a press briefing Tuesday in response to a question from Chalkbeat.“The previous administration attempted to do this, and they had to roll back,” Adams added,…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Capricorn Foundation and the University of Namibia (UNAM), recently conducted a three-day transformative hands-on training on value addition in the Hardap Region of Namibia. The training brought together 45 participants, including youth and women from farmsteads in Stampriet, Schlip, Bernafay, and Maltahöhe, who acquired new skills in food preservation and processing. The smallholder farmers converted locally grown food such as carrots, tomatoes, and beetroot into value-added products such as carrot juice, beetroot juice, pickled beetroot, vacuum-packed sliced carrots, and tomato paste. “Growing food for everyday consumption is a necessity,…
The fans are going to get a collaboration from the indigenous rappers.Nigerian rappers Olamide and Shallipopi have announced that they have an upcoming collaboration in the works.The unexpected link-up has stirred exciting emotions from the fans after both artists shared photos of what seems like a video shoot for the song on Tuesday, August 27th, 2024.READ ALSO – Davido shares release date for new collab with Angelique Kidjo ‘Joy’ Olamide, who recently dropped the project Ikigai, isn’t stepping on the brakes, as it seems like fans will be getting more music from the hip-hop legend before the end of the…
For a second time this year, a team has made plans to waive Ben Skowronek. When the Rams were close to doing so in May, they found a trade partner. As of now, the Texans do not have a trade in place.Houston is moving on from a wide receiver acquired from Los Angeles, with KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reporting Skowronek will be cut. He will not be the only wideout Houston is releasing. The team is cutting Noah Brown, veteran reporter Jordan Schultz reports. Brown totaled 567 receiving yards in his Texans debut. The Texans entered the week with a crowded wide receiver…
IAEA head Rafael Grossi says Kursk nuclear plant’s proximity to the fighting is ‘extremely serious’.A nuclear plant located in western Russia where fighting is raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces is vulnerable to a serious accident because it lacks a protective dome that could shield it from missiles, drones and artillery, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog says. Rafael Grossi, director general at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday visited the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant outside the town of Kurchatov in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces broke across the border three weeks ago and Russia…
Nuisance or neighborhood beautification project? The debate appears to be moot at this point. The controversy stems from the so-called “Bed-Stuy Goldfish Pond,” a sidewalk puddle near a leaky hydrant in Brooklyn where someone kept dumping fish in an effort to turn the hole into a sort of street aquarium. Some lauded the uniquely Brooklyn aspect of the street puddle, replete with goldfish and aquarium accessories, along with fake coral. Others said putting the fish in the puddle was cruel — or stupid. Perhaps it was someone from the latter camp that trashed the Bed-Stuy fish puddle. A Redditor posted…