Rift Valley fever outbreak reported in Central Africa Republic
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Two weeks ago, officials with the Institut Pasteur of Bangui (IPB), Central Africa Republic reported a confirmed case of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Bossembélé health district, More...
FinTech Takes Another Leap: Say Hello to the TransferWise Borderless Account
TransferWise has been in the news off late. The company popularly known for its bank-bashing advertisements has branched out by launching a new service that aims to disrupt how cross-border fund transfers are carried More...
Monkeypox increases in Africa raise concerns
The recent apparent increase in human monkeypox cases across a wide geographic area, the potential for further spread, and the lack of reliable surveillance have raised the level of concern for this emerging zoonosis. Monkeypox/CDC In More...
UNICEF: ‘It will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa’
Unless something drastic happens, it’s going to take about a century to end child marriage in West and Central Africa, according to a UNICEF report published earlier this week. Public domain image/Mondo Magic The More...
World Hunger Has Decreased, But Economists Say It’s Not Enough
According to economists, 25 developing countries have met an ambitious goal, set by the U.N., to cut their number of undernourished citizens by half. The number of chronically undernourished people in the world, More...
New report: Islamic extremists killed twice as many Christians in 2014 than year prior
As the world reels from the terrorist attack on a Paris newspaper, a new report from Open Doors claims that Islamic extremists killed twice as many Christians in 2014 than in 2013. According to the group’s data, More...
State Department on Christianity in Middle East: ‘shadow of its former self’
The State Department issued a shocking report on the state of religious freedom around the world this week, noting that Christianity in the Middle East, especially Syria, is becoming a “shadow of its former More...
French troops useless in Central African Republic battles, 75 dead in latest clash with Muslims
Muslim extremists continue to target Christians and peacekeepers in escalating violence in the Central African Republic. A priest reported Monday that 75 are dead in the small town of Boda as heavy fighting between More...
