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Sri Lanka report their first two cases of mpox, but do not specify the clade the cases are from.
2024-08-22

Thailand reports its first case of mpox in a 66-year-old European man who worked in an African country affected by the ongoing epidemic.
2024-08-21

The Ivory Coast reports 21 new cases of mpox as well as the country's first death from mpox.
2024-08-20

Pakistan reports a case of mpox in Kashmir, bringing the total number of cases in the country to four. In response to the rapid increase of cases in the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announces that the country will begin screening people at entry points.
2024-08-19

Health officials in Tainan City, Taiwan, report that they have confirmed three cases of mpox so far this year.
2024-08-19

The Philippine Department of Health reports its first case of mpox this year in a patient with no international travel history.
2024-08-19

Sweden reports the first case of the new mpox variant outside Africa in a patient in Stockholm.
2024-08-15

An armed assault erupts on Sunday and continues into today in Bugarama, Rumonge, Burundi between militants and security forces, leaving at least 15 people dead. A group named Red Tabara, based in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, claims responsibility and says that the election of past May won by Évariste Ndayishimiye were a "farce" and calls for new elections. The Burundian army did not comment on the attack.
2020-08-24

U.S. diplomats, amid growing international concern the violence could spiral into an ethnic conflict, push for peace talks in Burundi. The European Union advises non-essential staff to evacuate the Central African nation amid rising violence and an uptick in political rhetoric. The head of the opposition UPRONA group urges the United Nations to send peacekeepers quickly. Yesterday, the UN Security Council called on the Burundi Government to protect human rights and cooperate with regional African mediators to immediately convene "an inclusive and genuine inter-Burundian dialogue" to find a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
2015-11-13