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Germany to provide 100,000 doses of Mpox vaccine amid outbreak in Africa

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1 month ago

August 26, 2024

A government spokeswoman announced on Monday that Germany would provide 100,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine from its military stockpile to aid in the short-term containment of the outbreak on the African continent and to aid the affected countries.

The spokesperson went on to say that the government would support its partners in Africa through the GAVI vaccination alliance and will supply the World Health Organisation with flexible funding resources through a variety of tools to fight Mpox.

About 117,000 doses of Jynneos, which Berlin acquired in 2022, are being stocked by the German army.

For example, it would maintain a minimal level of stock to safeguard travelling authorities, according to a spokesman for the defence ministry on Monday. Reordering vaccinations would require a different judgement, he continued.

Once an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo extended to adjacent countries and a new strain of the virus, clade Ib, raised worries about the virus’s rate of transmission, the World Health Organisation designated Mpox a worldwide public health emergency.

A spokesman for the foreign ministry stated that the government was considering the quickest route to deliver the vaccines to the impacted nations, which included Burundi and other adjacent countries in East Africa in addition to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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US President Biden to visit Germany, Angola next month

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11 hours ago

September 26, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

The White House announced on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden will make his first trip to Africa as president, visiting Germany and Angola from October 10 to 15.

According to the White House, Biden’s first destination will be Germany, where he will thank the country for helping Ukraine’s defence against Russia, among other things.

Biden is scheduled to meet with President Joao Lourenco from October 13–15 while in Angola. According to the White House, the two presidents will talk about stepping up their cooperation on common goals, which include strengthening economic connections and advancing peace and security.

Due to the Israel-Hamas conflict that broke out in October of last year, Biden’s intended visit to Angola was cancelled. As Beijing makes significant investments on the African continent, Biden has committed to strengthening US ties with democratic nations there.

According to President Biden, the key to realising the potential of this pivotal decade is for the United States to work in partnership with African leaders as well as leaders from civil society, business, the diaspora, women, and youth.

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Eni of Italy to begin exploring in Ghadames basin of North Africa in 2025

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2 days ago

September 25, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

The director of Eni’s North Africa and Levant division for Italy stated on Monday that the company viewed Libya as a crucial nation for upstream operations and that it intended to begin exploring in the Ghadames basin the following year.

“We have never stopped looking at Libya as a crucial region for oil and gas production,” Martina Opizzi said during a panel discussion on Libya’s energy sector organised in Rome by Energy Capital & Power.

“We estimate that there are still resources to be discovered and we are also planning offshore exploration shortly,” Opizzi added.

Oil exports at major Libyan ports were halted last month. Production was curtailed across the country amid a standoff between rival political factions over control of the central bank and oil revenue.

Production started to recover in the first half of September, but the dispute on the central bank has not be resolved.

Parts of Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya are included in the vast intra-cratonic Ghadames Basin. The three nations are each carrying out separate petroleum exploration projects in their respective basins, employing various play models and, as a result, producing various exploration outputs.