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– Egyptian expatriates’ remittance inflows increased by 27.2% during the initial eight months of 2026, totaling an all-time high of $33.9 billion. The Central Bank of Egypt announced these figures on Tuesday, October 13. For the same period in 2025,
– Oman’s overall electricity generation increased by 4.3% year-on-year through August 2026, reaching a total of 37,481.8 gigawatt-hours. In the same period of 2025, the figure was 35,935.3 GWh. Data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information indicated growth
– As of early October 2026, Indonesia’s financial markets saw foreign capital inflows totaling Rp131.1 trillion, approximately $7.33 billion. Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara disclosed this cumulative amount during the government’s monthly state budget briefing held in Jakarta. The Ministry of
– The African Union officially unveiled the Africa Credit Rating Agency, or AfCRA, in Mauritius on October 7. This newly formed institution aims to assess African sovereigns, corporations, and other issuers independently. AfCRA intends to deliver credit evaluations grounded in
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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched a focused Ebola vaccination initiative in Kisangani, the administrative center of Tshopo Province, aiming to halt the country’s most severe outbreak on record. Frontline healthcare workers, emergency response personnel,
– The European Commission has committed to acquiring €2.1 million worth of PCR tests to support the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. These open-platform diagnostics will aid in infection detection and bolster laboratory capabilities during this emergency, with procurement arrangements made
– The Democratic Republic of the Congo is set to obtain 70,000 Ervebo Ebola vaccine doses as the Bundibugyo outbreak continues to grow. Congolese officials reported 5,208 confirmed cases and 2,476 fatalities as of Aug. 18. The epidemic now impacts
– World Health Organization states that the Ebola outbreak in Congo could be contained within three months if adequate resources are provided to response teams. The latest official data reports 5,021 confirmed cases and 2,378 deaths as of Aug. 16.
– In 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo documented 26,064,143 malaria instances. The nation also recorded a total of 29,938 fatalities attributed to the disease during that year. During a campaign launch in Ituri province, Guy Esebe Dembo, deputy
– The public health crisis in Central Africa is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, according to official assessments delivered by global health authorities on Friday. The World Health Organization confirmed that without rapid containment of unmonitored community transmission and regional