Dengue Fever Is on Rise in Mali With More Than 20 Deaths, Health Director Says

BAMAKO, Mali—Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence. The director general of health and public hygiene, Dr. Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that his department had counted 21 deaths and 600 cases of the disease as of Monday. Dengue is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes that mostly causes flu-like illness. In severe cases, it can cause joint pain, swollen glands, bleeding, and death. Mali’s government has not officially released any figures on the disease to the public, nor has it announced whether it has requested aid from the WHO....