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Six weeks after Rwanda-backed rebels captured two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the region is facing a setback in its fight against the mpox outbreak. The DRC has the highest burden of the virus with the epicentre in the east. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said that as fighting with the M23 escalates, ...

A 77-year-old man who’s a weed farmer at Atebubu in the Bono East Region, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene has been arrested by the Police for growing the banned plant. His 2-acre marijuana farm at Mem a suburb of Atebubu has been destroyed by Police personnel deployed from the Atebubu Police command led by the District Commander Chief Supt. Bright Boafo. According ...