transmission

A possible case of human-to-human transmission may be unfolding among close contacts aboard the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization has said, as officials work to move the most serious cases off the vessel and bring the situation under control. The agency said the immediate priority was evacuating ⁠two sick people before allowing the ship, ⁠currently ‌stationed in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, to continue ⁠toward the Canary Islands. ⁠It said the risk to the wider public remained…

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has signed a $311 million agreement with pan-African infrastructure fund Africa50 and PowerGrid Corporation of India to design, finance, build and operate two high-voltage electricity transmission lines under a public-private partnership, the finance ministry said Monday. The deal marks one of the East African nation’s largest power-grid concessions to date and is intended to ease chronic constraints on the network as demand grows. The project company will manage the full life cycle of the assets —…

The broadcast of videos by journalist Souleymane Raissouni, filmed almost naked without his knowledge in a Moroccan prison, caused a wave of indignation in the country. Sentenced to five years in prison for "sexual assault"The journalist was filmed without his knowledge. In these pictures sent by the Directorate-General for the…