Month: February 2022
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Health
WHO Selects First Six African Nations To Get mRNA Vaccine Production Technology
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday selected the first six countries that will receive the mRNA vaccine production technology…
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Health
WHO Chief Tedros Appeals For Cooperation, Financing To End COVID-19 Pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday appealed for cooperation and collaboration among countries in the face…
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Mali
Mali’s Military Junta Calls Out France To Pullout Its Soldiers Without Any Delay
Mali’s ruling military junta on Friday called out France to withdraw troops from the country without any delay in response…
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Egypt
Sudanese Ministers Stress Need To Sign Legal, Binding Agreement On GERD Issue
Sudanese ministers on Thursday stressed the need to sign a legal and binding solution to the ongoing Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
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Malawi
WHO Confirms Wild Poliovirus Type 1 Outbreak In Malawi, Case Detected In Lilongwe
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said Malawi’s health authorities have an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after…
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Mali
France, Military Allies To Exit From Mali After A Decade Of Fighting Jihadist Insurgency
France and its military allies confirmed on Thursday that they would make an exit from Mali after almost a decade…
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South Africa
South African Judge Dismisses Former President Zuma’s Plea To Remove Prosecutor
A South African judge on Wednesday rejected former President Jacob Zuma’s plea to remove lead prosecutor Billy Downer from his…
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Health
BioNTech To Soon Establish Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities In African Countries
BioNTech, a Germany-based vaccine maker company, on Wednesday, announced plans to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would help in…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s Military Leader Damiba Gets Sworn In As Country’s New President
Burkina Faso’s military leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as the country’s new president on Wednesday, just over…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Gov’t To Stop Paying To Staff Who Are Unvaccinated Against Covid-19
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday announced that it will stop salaries to staff members who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, reported…
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Somalia
UNICEF Says Nearly Half Of Somali Children Under Five Faces Acute Malnutrition
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for immediate action as severe drought risks pushing nearly half of…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Parliament Votes To End Six-Month Long State Of Emergency In The Country
The Ethiopian Parliament voted on Tuesday to end a six-month state of emergency that was declared last November, reported Arab…
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Ethiopia
WHO Permitted To Deliver Medical Supplies To Ethiopia’s War-hit Tigray Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been allowed to deliver medical supplies to Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, for the first…
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Mali
French Foreign Affairs Minister Says French Troops Will Remain In Sahel, Not In Mali
French Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean-Yves Le drian on Monday said French troops would continue fighting terrorism in the Sahel region…
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Sudan
Sudanese Security Forces Kill At Least Two Protesters During Monday’s Coup Protests
Sudanese security forces shot dead at least two protesters in Khartoum on Monday, an independent group of medics confirmed, as…
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Libya
UN Special Adviser For Libya Calls For Organizing Free & Fair Elections Soon
The United Nations (UN) special adviser for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday called for organizing free and fair elections in…
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Sudan
Sudanese Military Leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan Denies Collaborating With Israel
Sudanese military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Saturday refuted Western threats of sanctions tied to protests in the country,…
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Tunisia
Tunisian People Protest Kais Saied’s Approval Of New Interim Supreme Judiciary Council
Tunisian people came out on the streets on Sunday to protest President Kais Saied’s extended power grab, reported TRT World.…
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Sudan
Sudanese Foreign Ministry Rejects Western Criticism Of Arrests As ‘Blatant Interference’
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced the criticism of the arrest of two high-profile former officials, who opposed the…
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Libya
Libyan Interim Prime Minister Dbeibah Vows To Draft New Election Law To Resolve Crisis
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Friday vowed to draft a new election law that is expected to resolve…
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Health
WHO Head Says Acute Phase Of Covid-19 Pandemic May End By Midyear
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) head on Friday said that the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council Appoints Coup Leader Damiba As New President
Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council on Thursday appointed Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the military leader who staged a coup…
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Libya
Libya’s Parliament Unanimously Names Former Minister Fathi Bashagha As New PM
Libya’s east-based parliament on Thursday unanimously named former interior minister Fathi Bashagha as the country’s new Prime Minister, replacing Abdul-Hamid…
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Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau’s President Embalo Says Ex-Navy Chief Arrested Over Failed Coup
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Thursday accused a former Guinean navy chief and two of his accomplices of being…
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Libya
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah Survives Assassination Attempt Unharmed
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah escaped unharmed from an assassination attempt when unidentified militants fired bullets on his car…
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