Goa, May 23 -- The Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS IV), which was scheduled to be held in New Delhi from May 28 to 31, has been postponed in view of the evolving health situation in certain African countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday.

The decision was taken after detailed consultations between the Government of India, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), and the African Union Commission regarding the conduct of the summit and related activities. The development comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), citing the risk of further spread.

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