Eritrean man found dead in Kent prison after expressing fears of deportation

An Eritrean man who had a 'number of risk factors for suicide and self-harm' was found dead at a Kent Prison. Filmon Brhane hung himself in his cell at HMP Maidstone on June 12, 2023, a new report has revealed. The 23-year-old was an Eritrean...

Prevalence and Determinants of Common Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Women Presenting with Vaginal Discharge at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eritrea

Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) pose a significant public health challenge globally, with higher prevalence rates observed in developing countries due to limited access to treatment.1 In 2019, the World Health Organization...

‘La Piovra’ actor Remo Girone passes away at 76 after a long battle with cancer

TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains mention of death.Remo Girone, known as one of the most revered and celebrated Italian actors in the entertainment industry, has passed away. The actor left for his heavenly abode on October 3, after fighting...

Home Office loses bid to challenge High Court ruling that granted Eritrean man a temporary block on his deportation to France under 'one-in, one-out' scheme

The Home Office has been refused permission to challenge a High Court ruling that temporarily blocked an Eritrean migrant's deportation to France - dealing another blow to Labour's flailing 'one in, one out' scheme. The ruling is another setback...

Home Office blocked from deporting Eritrean man in latest court setback

The Home Office has lost a bid to challenge a High Court ruling that granted an Eritrean man a temporary block on his deportation to France. Last week, Mr Justice Sheldon granted the man at least 14 days to make representations to support his...

Eritrean man wins High Court bid to block removal in latest blow to Government's ‘one in, one out’ drive

Asking the judge not to grant the temporary block, Kate Grange KC, for the Home Office, argued that it would open up the possibility of others seeking to delay their removal by saying that they need medical evidence.

Raj Kamal appointed as next Ambassador of India to Eritrea

Raj Kamal (YOA: 2009), presently posted in Consulate General of India, Milan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, Ministry of External Affairs said in a...

World News | Raj Kamal Appointed as Next Ambassador of India to Eritrea

New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): Raj Kamal (YOA: 2009), presently posted in Consulate General of India, Milan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,...

Kenya unveils Expanded Polio Laboratory to strengthen disease surveillance

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has inaugurated the expanded Polio Laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s Centre for Virus Research (CVR), a move aimed at strengthening disease surveillance. The state-of-the-art facility will...

Kenya inaugurates expanded polio lab to boost regional disease surveillance

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and other health leaders during the Expanded Polio Laboratory inauguration Kenya has officially launched an expanded polio laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Virus Research....

UK deportation of Eritrean man to France under ‘one-in, one-out’ halted by judge

An Eritrean man has had his deportation to France under Labour’s “one-in, one-out” scheme halted at the 11th hour after he won a high court challenge. The 25-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is the first to win a challenge in...

Where the Medicine Isn’t

By Amy Weaver This story first appeared in Amy Weaver’s LinkedIn newsletter, Direct Relief: Hope Ahead. Subscribe on LinkedIn Just before leaving for Africa, I finished John Green's new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis. One line stayed with me:...

This Hospital Offers Life-Saving Heart Surgery Completely Free

The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, located on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, is a unique hospital that provides free, highly specialized heart surgery primarily to patients suffering from rheumatic heart disease and other serious cardiac...

Understanding the global rise of artemisinin resistance: Insights from over 100,000 Plasmodium falciparum samples

As of 2024, WHO validated/candidate mutations have been identified in several countries across East and Northeast Africa, including Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Eritrea, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia (Fola et al., 2023; Figure 6). Concerningly, the...

Inside the Nobel Prize selection process: What happens before the big reveal?

The Nobel season is back. With the Nobel Prize 2025 announcements, scheduled from October 6 to October 13. From Monday, the world will start learning who has triumphed in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics. Each year,...

Mega-dinghy migrant boats carrying record numbers across English Channel

The number of migrants crammed on to boats making the dangerous English Channel crossing has risen to record levels, with an average of 80 per vessel on some days, analysis by The National can reveal. The highest number to cross in a single boat...

World News | China Remains Among World's Worst Human Traffickers as CCP's Forced Labour Regime Exposed

Washington, DC [US], October 4 (ANI): China's communist regime has once again been designated among the world's worst human trafficking offenders, according to the US State Department's 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The annual...

Rethinking “Western Civilization”: Africa and Europe in Historical Perspective

When students learn “Western Civilization” in schools and universities, the implicit message is that Europe has always been the world’s most advanced cultural and political region. The idea is that Greece gave us democracy, Rome gave us law, and...

Remembering Mulugeta Kebede: The gentle hero of Ethiopian football

When my childhood friend Binyam Bisrat and I commuted from Geja Sefer Merkato to Sarbet—a familiar daily routine from school to home—our point of farewell was the African Union. Binyam would take the turn toward the Bulgarian Embassy along the old...

The Return of the Starvation Weapon

In late August, two of the world’s leading food crisis assessments came to the same conclusion about what is happening in Gaza: “famine with reasonable evidence.” One was the UN-affiliated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC); the...