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The writer is reader in international development at SOAS University of London, where he works on issues related to global health and the politics and history of global development. Syndication Bureau.
It has been nearly three months since fighting broke out in Khartoum between two forces vying for power within Sudan: the Rapid Support Forces under the leadership of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as Hemedti); and the Sudanese armed forces under Abdul-Fattah Al Burhan. As the violence spread out from the capital, especially to Darfur region, hundreds of thousands have sought to escape across the borders into neighboring countries like Chad, South Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
Despite decades of vaccine development, smallpox remains the only disease ever to be fully eradicated by vaccination. By the end of 2026, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) hopes that polio will be added to that short list.
Queen Elizabeth II was never a parochial figure, solely of interest to the UK and Northern Ireland, and the 14 other realms of which she was head of state. During her 70 years on the throne, she met 13 US presidents, more global leaders than perhaps anyone else, and saw the UN expand from 60 to 197 countries. And despite a recent slowing down in her world travels, she came third in a 2021 global survey of the world’s “most admired women”.
Aid is finally reaching the millions of Pakistanis whose lives have been upended by devastating floods. The UN has launched a $160 million emergency plan; supplies are being flown in from the Middle East and Asia; and donors and publics across the world are responding to this most recent disaster appeal.
In his inauguration speech in early June, the new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, called attention to the grave threat of famine posed by the severe drought affecting the Horn of Africa. His plea for action echoed those of humanitarian organizations, which have been warning that the worst drought in 40 years presents a major crisis for the region, with millions already facing extreme hunger.
Monkeypox, a virus transmitted to humans mostly through small rodents (and less commonly monkeys) was first identified in 1970, and infections have typically been confined to the parts of western and central Africa where it is endemic. The disease is usually mild, with symptoms including fever and rashes clearing within a few weeks.
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