AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoEbola in Congo: Congo’s health ministry says confirmed Ebola cases have climbed to 282, with the outbreak centered in Ituri (264 confirmed) as officials race to gauge the “true scale” of the Bundibugyo strain; WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus also highlighted five recoveries and the opening of a new treatment centre in Bunia. Kenya-US Ebola row: Kenya’s High Court suspended a U.S.-backed plan to set up an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans at Laikipia Air Base, and hundreds of youths protested at the gates, arguing Kenya’s health system can’t safely host foreign patients; the U.S. says it will fund Ebola preparedness with $13.5 million. Congo Basin climate push: At AfDB meetings in Brazzaville, partners pledged over $3 billion for Congo Basin Blue Fund projects, aiming to protect the region’s “ecological lung.” AfDB finance reform: AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah urged stronger regional financial cooperation and risk-sharing to shift Africa away from fragmented public funding.
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