Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country. Facebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan, its security policy […]
The spread of polio must still be classified as a public health emergency because, while progress been made towards wiping out the disease, that progress is fragile, the World Health Organization said on Friday. “We are so close to the elimination of polio, but we have to use all of our international tools to achieve […]
More than 6,000 people have entered Ethiopia fleeing fighting in neighboring Sudan, according to local officials. In a press statement , the West Gondar zone communication office in Ethiopia’s northern region of Amhara said the fleeing people are from 42 different countries, including 941 Ethiopian nationals who were previously living in Sudan. The statement said […]
