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Group petitions Human Rights Commission after ICIR report on military brutality

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Group petitions Human Rights Commission after ICIR report on military brutality

A GROUP of Nigerian mothers known as Mothers United and Mobilized (MUM) has called for sanctions against soldiers captured in a viral video while brutalising workers of a cleaning company in Kaduna State.

The ICIR had exclusively reported that the incident took place at the 2 Seasons Resort and Conference Center, where the company was engaged to provide services.

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A staff of the company, @ayopaintedit, who shared the video on Twitter in a series of tweets seen by The ICIR on Saturday, May 6, said the soldiers were called to the hotel by the managers after workers of the cleaning company requested payment of outstanding fees.

Instead of resolving the matter amicably, he said the soldiers resorted to brutal force, assaulting the workers and seizing their phones.

He said the incident left some of the workers injured, with one suffering a broken head, and another almost losing his eyesight.

In another footage, he said one of the soldiers called back later, threatening to deal further with staff of the cleaning company if the Twitter post they made on the incident was not pulled down.

The incident sparked outrage amongst Nigerians, who took to the social media to demand justice for the victims.

The Army had in response to the report and further enquiries by The ICIR said it was investigating the incident.

However in a letter to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the coalition of mothers, MUM expressed concern about the increasing violence against civilians and youths by Nigerian security forces.

The group, which is made up of mothers from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, said it is dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of children in Nigeria.

According to the letter dated May 11 and signed by the convener, Boluwaji Onabolu, MUM emphasised it’s commitment to mediating between various stakeholders to midwife the dialogue that is necessary for good governance and a youth-friendly Nigeria.

Citing The ICIR’s report on the incident, the group urged the NHRC to take urgent action on the matter by dedicating staff to look into the issue and convening discussions with the Nigerian Army, the Kaduna State Police Command, and officials of the Kaduna State government.

The group also called for the soldiers involved to be tried according to the rules of the military and sanctioned accordingly.

“Whatever the cause, these soldiers have no right to take laws into their own hands in this manner. We have therefore through by this letter lodged a complaint and petition to the National Human Rights Commission,” the letter made available to The ICIR read in part.

“Convene and facilitate discussions with the Nigerian Army, the Kaduna State Police Command and officials of the Kaduna State Government accordingly.

“Soldiers should be tried according to the rules of the military and be sanctioned accordingly.”

In addition, the group said the managers of the hotel should be held accountable for their role in the incident.

The group urged the National Human Rights Commission to provide weekly updates on the matter between May 11 and May 31.

LP Leadership crisis: Court assumes jurisdiction, adjourns case to May 19

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LP Leadership crisis: Court assumes jurisdiction, adjourns case to May 19

A FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has assumed jurisdiction in the lawsuit brought by some aggrieved members of the Labour Party (LP) against Julius Abure, the suspended national chairman and three other national officers.

Ruling on the preliminary objection filed by Abure and the others to challenge the court’s jurisdiction to hear the matter, on Friday, May 12, Justice Muazu Hamza held that the court has jurisdiction to hear the case.

Justice Hamza added that the plaintiffs are correct in bringing the matter by originating summons.

He then adjourned the case to May 19 for hearing of the substantive suit.

The court had, on April 20, fixed May 12 to rule on a preliminary objection brought by Abure to challenge the competence of the suit seeking his removal from office.

Justice Muazu adjourned the matter for ruling after he entertained arguments from Abure and other national leaders of the party, who contended that the lawsuit bordered on the internal affairs of a political party.

The defendants, through their lawyer Ben Nwosu, argued that the court lacked the necessary jurisdiction to get involved in the case.

In a ruling it delivered on April 5, the court had restrained Abure from parading himself as the national chairman of the LP.

The court similarly restrained Umar Ibrahim, Oluchi Opara, and Clement Ojukwu from continuing to serve as the party’s national secretary, treasurer and organising secretary, pending the determination of the suit.

The restraining order on Abure and others followed an ex parte application brought by eight party members – Martins John, Abayomi Arabambi Isah Zekeri, Omogbai Frank, Abokhaiu Aliu, Ayohkaire Lateef, Job Elomah, and Lucky Shaibu, Isah Zekeri, Omogbai Frank, Abokhaiu Aliu, Ayohkaire Lateef, Job Elomah, and Abayomi Arabambi.

The plaintiffs, through James Onoja (SAN) and a team of lawyers, specifically asked the court to rule that, among other things, that Abure cannot continue to function in office as the national chairman of the LP as a result of his suspension by the Ward 03 Executive, Arue, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, on March 31.

They also asked the court to declare that Abure and the other defendants cannot continue to remain in office as National Chairman, National Secretary, National Treasurer and National Organising Secretary of the LP, respectively, “consequent on the prima facie case of forgery, perjury and conspiracy established against them by the Commissioner of Police FCT and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory pending their prosecution in court”.

On April 17, Justice Muazu declined to overturn the interim ruling against the Abure-led executive who had conducted the primary that selected Peter Obi as the candidate for the February 25 presidential election.

The plaintiffs informed the court that the defendants had illegally replaced various party candidates in the recently completed general elections through forgery of several FCT High Court documents.

NBC to appeal court ruling that stopped imposition of fines on media houses

Mustapha USMAN
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NBC to appeal court ruling that stopped imposition of fines on media houses

THE National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said it will challenge a court order which restrained it from imposing fines on broadcast stations.

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on May 10, barred the NBC from issuing fines to broadcast stations nationwide.

The presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, in his ruling declared that NBC does not have judicial powers to impose penalties on broadcast stations.

The judge also set aside the N500,000 fine imposed on 45 broadcast stations on March 1, 2019 on the grounds that NBC, not being a court of law, lacked such power.

According to the judge, the NBC Code, which gives the Commission the power to impose sanctions, conflicts with Section 6 of the 1999 Constitution, which vested the authority in the law courts.

The ICIR had earlier reported how the Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda took legal action against the NBC in 2020.

In 2019, NBC issued fines of N500,000 each to 45 broadcast stations, citing alleged ethical infractions during the general elections.

The Commission explained that the sanctions were necessary due to the stations allowing politicians to make abusive, inciting, and provocative statements on their broadcast programs.

In response, Media Rights filed a lawsuit, urging the court to declare the fine imposition procedure employed by the NBC as a violation of the right to fair hearing under Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Articles 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act (Cap AQ) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

Justice Omotosho, while ruling on the matter, said the Commission acted as the complainant, court and judge when it considered the alleged infractions, noting that the Nigerian Broadcasting Code did not confer judicial powers on NBC to impose criminal sanctions or penalties.

Meanwhile, reacting to the development in a statement dated May 11, the Director General of the NBC, Balarabe Shehu llelah, said the Commission would appeal against the judgment.

He noted that the court order was in conflict with previous judgment of a court which empowered the Commission to regulate broadcasting in Nigeria. 

Ilelah said the Commission had applied for a Certified copy of the judgment.

“The attention of the National Broadcasting Commission has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the powers of the Commission to impose fines on broadcast Stations that violate the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.

“In view of the foregoing, the Commission has applied for a Certified copy of the judgment.

“It is global best practice and the ethics of the leggal profession, that no party to a suit can freely comment on a judgment it has not seen and read.

“The Commission will appeal against the judgment when found to be in conflict with previous judgments of the Court, which empowers the Commission to regulate broadcasting in Nigeria,” parts of the statement issued by the NBC DG read.

Also reacting to the development, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, through it legal department, described the judgment of the Federal High Court as “ill-conceived and dead on arrival because of legal encumbrances”.

The Director, Legal Department, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Nelson Orji, reacted to the court order in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that another Abuja Federal High Court had earlier given a contrary ruling that the NBC had the power to impose sanctions on erring stations.

According to him, Justice N. E. Maha in April 2022 had ruled in a case brought against NBC by seven organisations led by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

In a Certified True Copy of the April 2022 judgment made available to NAN, Justice Maha had interpreted the provision of Section 2(1)(n) of the NBC Act, 1992.

The provision states, “The Commission shall have the responsibility of determining and applying sanctions including revocation of licences of defaulting stations which do not operate in accordance with the broadcast code and in public interest.”

Relying on the provision, Justice Maha ruled: “The law is settled that a regulator imposing fines under its enabling law in the discharge of its functions could not have acted unconstitutionally.

“In Moses Ediru v Federal Road Safety Commission and 20 ors(supra) the court held that the FRSC Act gives the Commission the right to impose and enforce sanctions and such right does not derogate from the judicial powers of the court as provided in the Constitution.

“In essence, there is no confluence point where the powers of FRSC and that of the court meet. In that Moses Ediru case, the court further observed that FRSC and the court are mutually exclusive such that the FRSC powers of enforcement of sanctions is not an usurpation of the judicial powers of the court.”

Speaking further on the two cases, Orji said the NBC can decide which of the conflicting decisions of the same court of coordinate jurisdiction to obey.

 “Where there is conflicting decision of courts of coordinate jurisdiction a party can choose which of them to obey and it will not be held in contempt of any court.

“It is worthy of note that the judgment of Justice Maha is first in time and still subsisting as it has not been set aside by any appellate court.

“In this light, NBC is still well within its right to continue to impose sanctions on broadcast organisations which run fowl of the NBC code.”

Orji also noted that the case against the 45 erring stations were strict liability offences and they had all complied by paying their fines.

He argued that if the judgment was allowed to stand it would mean that government agencies such as the NBC, FRSC, and Quarantine Services, would be rendered redundant.

Some lawyers who spoke to The ICIR after the Abuja Federal High Court barred the NBC from imposing fines on radio and television stations said media houses sanctioned by the Commission in the past can go to court to seek a refund.

The lawyers insisted that the NBC lack the power to impose fines on broadcast stations.

Sudan: Nearly half a million children have fled their homes — UNICEF

Marcus FATUNMOLE
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Sudan: Nearly half a million children have fled their homes — UNICEF

THE United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm over children’s safety in war-ravaged Sudan.

The agency said on Thursday, May 11, that the conflict had forced at least 450,000 children to flee their homes, including 82,000 who had crossed into neighbouring countries.

The agency quoted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as saying more than 164,000 people had sought refuge across Sudan’s borders since the war broke out on April 15, including in the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and South Sudan. 

“In addition, IOM estimates some 736,000 people are newly internally displaced within Sudan since the start of the conflict. Almost 3.8 million people were internally displaced within Sudan prior to the outbreak of violence.”

Many communities receiving the displaced populations are already affected by multiple crises, with basic services and existing humanitarian capacity already overstretched, UNICEF said, adding that the rainy season would heighten access challenges and increase disease risks. 

“The conflict is also disrupting cross-border trade and movement, leading to a sharp increase in food prices in neighbouring countries, with a higher risk of food insecurity in vulnerable host communities.”

The ICIR reported how Nigerians in Sudan faced life-threatening challenges, and Nigeria almost had a diplomatic row with Egypt, where many of its citizens sought refuge from the war before it succeeded in evacuating them back home.

Among several other reports on the violence, this organisation reported that the war threatened 219,000 pregnancies.

UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell noted that the violence had had a devastating toll on Sudan’s children, adding that “thousands have experienced deeply traumatic events or been driven from their homes in search of relative safety. Their situation remains precarious, and continued support and assistance from the international community and humanitarian partners are critical”.

UNICEF said it provided emergency health kits, essential supplies and medicines to hospitals and primary healthcare centres to support the treatment of the injured and access to life-saving and basic health services. 

Besides, it supports displaced children and families, ensuring the continuity of essential services, including providing nutrition supplies to help keep more than 80 per cent of facilities functioning in affected areas, among other life-saving supports.  

The agency called on the international community to urgently support its efforts by providing additional funding and resources to address the growing crisis. 

“With sustained support, UNICEF aims to reach and assist more children in need and secure their rights to survival, development, and protection.”

Transparency International School offers scholarships

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Transparency International School offers scholarships

THE Transparency International School on Integrity (TISI) is inviting applications for its transparency training which will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from June 26, 2023, to June 30, 2023.

Online participation is also available.

The program includes lectures, seminars and training. Participants will learn the latest developments in anti-corruption and accountability and have real opportunities to try and implement their ideas.

The tuition fee for the offline program is EUR950, and for the online learning is EUR300.

Organiser says they will offer partial or full tuition fee waivers to prospective participants in need of financial support. Travel grants are also available to Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Taiwan nationals.

Senior students, graduates and professionals, including journalists, are encouraged to apply.

The deadline for full tuition fee waiver is May 14, 2023, while applications for partial tuition fee waiver end on May 28, 2023. Interested applicant can apply here.

International News Media Association seeks entries for awards

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International News Media Association seeks entries for awards

THE International News Media Association (INMA) is accepting applications and nominations for the 30 Under 30 Awards.

The competition rewards outstanding achievement and career potential among young professionals in the news media industry.

INMA aims to find 30 rising stars in news media with early career achievements, insights into innovation, ability to influence, and likely management skills across advertising, audience, business intelligence, content and product, and leadership functions at media companies.

Winners will receive global recognition in a virtual announcement, a certificate of recognition, a social media badge, free access to two INMA virtual masterclasses and a 12-month membership in INMA (for non-member applicants).

There is no application fee.

Young professionals in the news media industry who are under 30 can compete for awards.

The deadline for the submission of application or submit nominations is July 15, 2023. Interested applicants can apply here.

FG launches campaign to reduce number of out-of-school girls

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FG launches campaign to reduce number of out-of-school girls

THE Federal Government has launched a campaign for increased access to secondary education for adolescent girls, in a bid to reduce the number of out-of-school girls in the country.

The Federal Government, in partnership with the World Bank, is advocating for female children to be retained in school and allowed to complete their secondary education.

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This development was disclosed in a statement on Thursday, May 11 by the Secretariat of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project.

AGILE is a World Bank-assisted project geared toward improving secondary education for adolescent girls aged between 10 and 20 years.

The project runs in Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Plateau and Katsina states.

According to the statement, the national project coordinator of AGILE, Amina Haruna, disclosed that the campaign is tagged ‘Madubi’, a Hausa word for Mirror.

According to her, the campaign will expand the intervention to more Nigerian states and reduce the gender gap in secondary school completion rates and labour market transition.

She said the project is focused on providing education benefits to 21.5 million direct and indirect young girls.

“The AGILE project seeks to eliminate the barriers to knowledge experienced by girls in targeted areas. By scaling investment in girls’ secondary education, It offers a window to tackle other problems such as poverty, child marriage, maternal and child mortality, and gender-based violence.

“Adolescence is a critical stage in human development; more so for girls. After the early years, adolescence and secondary education are the periods most capable of influencing the kind of woman and humans that they turn to become.

“AGILE is one intervention tackling multi-sectoral issues. It addresses the concerns on the demand and supply ends of the education divide,” she said.

The ICIR had earlier reported the request by the Ministry of Education to the World Bank for assistance to reduce the number of out-of-children from 10 to 5 million by 2023.

According to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the call for assistance was to ensure that Nigerian children have access to qualitative education irrespective of their economic backgrounds.

He said, “The Federal Government is keen on reducing the number of out-of-school children in the country. This will also improve the country’s standard of education.”

A Demographic Health Survey (DHS) conducted by UNICEF and the Nigerian government revealed that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children worldwide, with 13.2 million children. About 60 per cent of this number are girls.

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The report also said that about 69 per cent of the country’s out-of-school children are spread across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 10 states in the North.

The states include Bauchi, Niger, Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Gombe, Adamawa and Taraba.

Fisayo Soyombo named Knight-Wallace fellow

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Fisayo Soyombo named Knight-Wallace fellow

FOUNDER/Editor-in-Chief of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Fisayo Soyombo has emerged a 2023-24 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, United States.

According to a statement released on Thursday, May 11 l, by the Wallace House Centre for Journalists and the University of Michigan, the 2023-2024 class of Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows is a “cohort of 19 accomplished journalists representing nine countries and a broad cross-section of the US”.

2023-2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows
2023-2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows

The fellows will pursue ambitious journalism projects, audit courses at the university and participate in weekly seminars with journalism leaders, renowned scholars, media innovators and social change agents. Most seminars will take place at Wallace House, a gift from the late newsman Mike Wallace and his wife, Mary, and the programme’s home base.

Soyombo, a current fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of Oxford, will join the likes of Elizabeth Aguilera an independent multimedia journalist, Roberson Alphonse, head of national news at le Nouvelliste, Sharif Hassan, a former Washington Post and New York Times reporter from Afghanistan, Yunhee Kim the politics editor for Munhwa Ilbo, among others.

“These journalists and their compelling range of projects reflect the breadth of challenges journalists must understand – from the far-reaching societal impacts of climate change, to the rise of social media-fueled disinformation, to the unique challenges of reporting from countries ensnared in media crackdowns, wars or rampant violence,” said Director of Wallace House Lynette Clemetson.

“Now more than ever, the work of these and all journalists is essential to protecting and expanding democratic values. We are honored to support them.”

The fellowship program is funded through endowment gifts from foundations, news organisations, individuals, and ongoing contributions from funders committed to journalism’s role in fostering an informed and engaged public.

Two banks’ MDs spend N44.67bn on securing holding interest

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Two banks’ MDs spend N44.67bn on securing holding interest

THE managing directors of Access Holdings Plc and Zenith Bank Plc have spent N44.67 billion to acquire more shares to ensure stake in their companies.

In separate disclosures to the investing public, Herbert Wigwe, the group managing director of Access Holdings, acquired 1,350,188,284 units of shares at an aggregated sum of N32.8 per share, totalling N44.29 billion.

Wigwe had, through the additional acquisition, raised his controlling interest in the bank to 8.74 per cent or 3,105,789,014 of the company’s total shares outstanding of 35,545,225,622.

Details of the transactions showed that Wigwe, on April 27, acquired 1,135,188,284 units at N10 per share, which amounted to N11.35 billion.

On May 5, he acquired 75,000,000 units of shares at N11.25, for N843.75 million, and on May 8, 140,000,000 units at N11.55 per share for N1.617 billion.

These transactions were done through Tengen Holdings (Mauritius) Limited.

His counterpart in Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, bought 8,000,000 additional shares at N47.94, for N383.52 million, which raised his stake to 0.29 per cent or 90,176,078 units of the company’s total outstanding shares of 31,396,493,786.

By this acquisition, Onyeagwu has further secured his hold as the second largest shareholder of the company.

According to the official disclosure released on Thursday, May 11, Onyeagwu had on May 4 acquired an aggregated 3,463,461 units at N23.93 per share, of which the transaction details showed he bought 1,236 units at N23.85 per share; 1,161,608 units at N23.95 per share; and 2,300,617 units at N24 per share.

The Zenith Bank boss, on May 5, acquired additional shares of 4,536,539 units at N24.01 per share. The transaction was broken down into 283,794 units at N23.90 per share; 1,276,667 units at N24 per share; 2,376,078 units at N24.05 per share; and 600,000 units at N24.10 per share.

Check by The ICIR on the company’s financial reports showed that as of December 31, 2022, Wigwe held 201,231,713 direct shares and 1,554,369,017 indirect shares of Access Holdings, while Onyeagwu held 82,176,078 units of Zenith Bank’s shares.

Wigwe’s indirect holdings relate to United Alliance Company of Nigeria Limited assets, 537,734,219 units of shares; Trust and Capital Limited, 584,056,979 units of shares; and Coronation Trustees Tengen Mauritius, 432,577,819 units of shares.

According to Zenith Bank, the board of directors, under the powers vested in it “by the provisions of section 426 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA 2020) of Nigeria,” proposed a final dividend of N2.90 per share which, in addition to the N0.30 per share as interim dividend amounts to N3.20 per share from the retained earnings account as at 31 December 2022.

It means that Onyeagwu had about N288.56 million dividends from Zenith Bank by the end of last year.

The payment of dividends is subject to a withholding tax rate of 10 per cent in the hands of a qualified recipients.

The ICIR can report that Zenith Bank has a diverse shareholding structure, with no single ultimate individual shareholder holding more than 12 per cent of the bank’s total shares.

The bank’s chairman/non-executive director, Jim Ovia, holds 11.29 per cent of 3,546,199,395 direct shares and 1,523,928,375 indirect shares as of December 31, 2022.

The board of directors of Access Holdings also proposed a final dividend of N1.30k per ordinary share. It then means that Wigwe pocketed about N4.04 billion dividend from Access Holdings in 2022.

Mpox no longer public health emergency of international concern — WHO

Marcus FATUNMOLE
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Mpox no longer public health emergency of international concern — WHO

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said mpox is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

Director-General of the agency, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the declaration following a recommendation by the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee at its fifth meeting on Friday, May 12.

WHO declared mpox a PHEIC in July 2022 because of escalating cases and deaths from the disease.

The agency’s latest decision on mpox came barely a week after it declared COVID-19 as no longer a PHEIC.

The Emergency Committee acknowledged the progress made in the global response to the multi-country outbreak of the disease and the further decline in reported cases since its last meeting.

It noted a significant decline in the number of reported cases compared to the previous reporting period and observed no changes in the severity and clinical manifestation of the disease.

The committee noted a sustained decline in cases globally, with almost 90 per cent fewer cases reported in the last three months, compared with the previous three months. 

Responding, WHO’s Director-General, said at the meeting that the virus continued to transmit in certain communities despite a downward trend globally.

He stressed the need for countries to maintain their surveillance and response capacities and to continue to integrate mpox prevention and care into existing national health programmes to address future outbreaks.

Nigeria was among the countries that presented situations of mpox during the meeting. Others are Japan, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

“The WHO Region of Africa reported that more than 1,500 cases were confirmed since January 2022 in 13 countries, with the majority of these cases being reported from Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” part of WHO’s statement from the meeting said.

 The Committee expressed concerns about the persisting knowledge gaps related to mpox in Africa, the lack of access to vaccines, medicines, and diagnostic testing capacities in many low-income countries; the recurring zoonotic transmission in Africa; and the fact that not all countries are receiving the support they need or have structures or systems to respond to mpox, including inadequate support for marginalized groups.

As of May 11, there were 87,377 confirmed cases and 140 deaths from 111 countries which reported cases since January 2022.

The ten most affected countries globally are the United States of America (30,154), Brazil (10,920), Spain (7,551), France (4,146), Colombia (4,090), Mexico (4,010), Peru (3,800), the United Kingdom (3,741), Germany (3,691), and Canada (1,484). These countries account for 84.2 per cent of the cases reported worldwide.

Mpox cases by region: 

Region of the Americas logged 59,292, European Region, 25,887, Africa Region, 1,587, Western Pacific Region, 477, Eastern Mediterranean Region, 88, and South-East Asia Region, 46.

 Mpox deaths by region

According to WHO records, the Americas recorded 114 deaths from mpox. The European Region recorded 6, Africa Region, 18, Western Pacific Region, 0, Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1, and South-East Asia Region, 1.

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