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Making headlines: Forestry and Fisheries Department says team arrives to reactivate Marion Island base; Parliament champions coordinated regional strategy for migration governance, expansion of legislative dialogue; And, WHO says Congo set to receive 70 000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak

Forestry and Fisheries Department says team arrives to reactivate Marion Island base

The M83 team on board the icebreaker SA Agulhas II has arrived safely at Marion Island and have started to reactivate the base after the previous team was evacuated from the island in May, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says.

A team of 32 members, including 20 personnel from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, landed on the island on August 10 to begin the process of reactivating the base.

This work includes transferring equipment for undertaking the reactivation and repairs, as well as cargo for restocking the base, by helicopter from the vessel to the island.

The process of offloading cargo will continue over the coming week. Barring any delays, the takeover function, whereby the base will be handed over to the M83 team, is currently scheduled to take place on August 25.

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister David Maynier said the team on Marion Island has made great progress in getting the base up and running again, through careful coordination and cooperation from all stakeholders.

Parliament champions coordinated regional strategy for migration governance, expansion of legislative dialogue

Parliament must move beyond reactive measures and lead the charge in building robust governance systems, driving evidence-based policies, and leveraging parliamentary diplomacy to address the complex realities of continental migration.

This according to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation chairperson Supra Mahumapelo, following the conclusion of a multi-stakeholder workshop on migration governance and parliamentary diplomacy.

The workshop, hosted with the International Organisation for Migration and the Wits School of Governance, brought together lawmakers and experts to dissect shifting migration trends.

Participants firmly rejected isolated interventions, concluding that migration is a “multidimensional phenomenon” requiring deep coordination between government and civil society.

Mahumapelo stressed that the phenomenon is a permanent global and continental reality.

And, WHO says Congo set to receive 70 000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70 000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said, as the country attempts to contain its biggest ever outbreak of the deadly disease.

Last week Congo had requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, according to the World Health Organization.

The health agency said the group allocated 70 000 Ervebo doses for Congo, of which 20 000 shots will be used in a late-stage trial to understand the impact of the vaccine on the Bundibugyo virus.

The ongoing outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which has no approved vaccines or treatments.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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