die tageszeitung
This week die tageszeitung covered the boat accident that happened last week in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been written that one week after the accident, the authorities and the relatives who died in the accident are in chaos.
In the accident, the “MV Merdi” boat sank on Thursday when it was entering the port of Goma. It was happening in the small town of Minova, and according to people who witnessed it, it had carried hundreds of people. A massive rescue operation was carried out. According to official statistics, only 34 people drowned and 80 were rescued.
die Tageszeitung has noted that the statistics have raised many questions about many of the passengers on the boat who are said to have disappeared. It will be remembered that on the very day of the accident there were reports claiming that 78 people died. However, there are whispers gaining momentum in the city of Goma that there are many more bodies recovered, but the authorities have prevented them. It is felt that, it is because the government promised to pay compensation to the bereaved and therefore wants to mention the smallest number of the dead as possible to avoid incurring high costs.
die tageszeitungalso wrote about the process of ousting the Deputy President of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua which was a big talk in the country. It explains that, for several months, the Kenyan government struggled to defend itself against the protests of angry young people who decided to take to the streets but this time, the struggle is within the government itself.
Since Tuesday, efforts began to be made to start the process of removing the Vice President from power. After the motion reached parliament, 281 out of 349 MPs supported the leader's removal. The process of removing him from power has now reached the Senate of Kenya. Gachagua is facing several charges including abuse of office, violating the constitution, undermining national unity and inciting ethnic hatred.
He is also accused of amassing wealth where he is alleged to have accumulated wealth worth around 36 million euros since he assumed the position of vice president in power two years ago. year.
Die tageszeitung has written, Gachagua however denies the accusations claiming that he inherited the mentioned hotels and instead has thrown accusations at President William Ruto. Some of President Ruto's supporters say that Gachagua even used the large protests of the famous Gen Z youth that rocked Kenya in June and July to demand the President's resignation.
Faz.Net
The online newspaper Faz.Net highlighted the preparations for a large-scale vaccination campaign against the mpox virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the end of last week, the first phase of 265,000 doses of vaccines arrived in the Central African nation.
Despite the move, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, immediately issued a statement that the vaccine doses were insufficient. Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba was quoted as saying that 265,000 vaccines cannot solve the problem in his nation of 100 million people. The country is looking forward to receiving more vaccines from France, Japan and the United States.
It will be remembered that, in August, the World Health Organization, WHO declared the mpox virus a public health emergency after the virus spread in Africa and some cases were reported in other parts of the world. However, the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains the center of the infection with 90 percent of the virus infection.
Zeit Online
In another similar report, trials of a vaccine against the Marburg virus have begun in Rwanda, as Zeit Online wrote. The online newspaper has quoted the country's Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, as saying that the initial 700 doses of the vaccine have been allocated for health workers.
So far there is no concern about the health effects that can be caused by the vaccine. Despite this fact, the Sabine vaccine institute based in the United States has developed another vaccine that is now being tested in the second phase in Rwanda. Similar trials are also being conducted in Uganda and Kenya where according to the manufacturers there are no reported concerns about the safety of the vaccine.
The tests are being carried out after Rwanda announced the outbreak of the Marbug virus on September 27. The official statistics of the country's government show that so far 46 people have been infected with the virus while 12 of them have died. Last week, two people in Hamburg in Germany who returned from Rwanda and were suspected of having the virus were tested and luckily they were not found to be infected.
It is thought that the Marburg virus originates from bats and is transmitted through human-to-human contact. Some of the symptoms of infection with the virus include a person getting fever, muscle pain, vomiting and sometimes losing a lot of blood
Sources: Deutsche Zeitungen
