The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) declared the official end of Tanzania’s outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus that emerged earlier this year. Marburg, an Ebola-like virus which boasts a historical fatality rate of over 85%, was first discovered in the nation’s northwest Kagera region in March. Since then, nine cases
The private United Parcel Service (U.P.S.) shipping company delivers around 24 million packages to doorsteps every day. Families have altered their weekly schedules to rely on deliveries ordered with a couple of clicks, and with online ordering becoming a new norm during COVID-19, many no longer buy household supplies, groceries,
A collapse of a ceasefire between the Sudanese government and rebel forces has resulted in an ongoing conflict and a devastating humanitarian crisis, with thousands of lives lost and millions of people affected. On May 30th, a five-day armistice was brokered between Saudi Arabia and the US in Jeddah to
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in Warsaw for one of Poland’s largest demonstrations since the fall of communism in 1989. The event took place on the 34th anniversary of Poland’s first partially-free elections. Many participants travelled from across the country to join the march against the nationalist Law
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has recently enacted new legislation known as the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, which criminalises same-sex conduct and introduces severe punishments, including the possibility of the death penalty for those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.” This development raises significant concerns regarding the violation of fundamental rights and the
