The State House in Abuja declared yesterday that President Umaru Yar'adua, who departed the country in a hurry last Monday to seek medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, is suffering from acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the fibrous sac surrounding the heart, otherwise known as pericardium. It was the first time in two and a half years of his presidency that the State House revealed Yar'adua's ailment to the public.
Des responsables de la santé ont confirmé trois cas de fièvre jaune dans la région de Denguélé, dans le nord-ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire.