Africa
Eritrea says troops in Ethiopia's Tigray, vows pullout
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in November to disarm and detain leaders of the region's once dominant political party, the Tigray...
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UN agency says hunger 'catastrophe' threatens West and Central Africa
Prices for local food staples have increased to nearly 40% more than the five-year average and in some places have ballooned by over 200%, according to a statement from the agency.
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65,000 flee attacks on northeast Nigeria town: UN
Fighters from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the town in Borno state three times in a week to strike a military garrison, burning homes and a UN office and killing at least 12 people.
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Senegal issues denial after media report of deaths linked to AstraZeneca
National vaccination coordinator Ousseynou Badiane confirmed that three people who had passed away several weeks ago had received the vaccine, but there was 'no established link' between the jab and their deaths.
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New clashes in Mozambique's northeast: army
Islamic State-linked militants raided the coastal town of Palma on 24 March in an assault that marked a major intensification in an insurgency that has wreaked havoc across Cabo Delgado province for over three years as the jihadists seek to establish a caliphate.
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Gay couple fights Namibia govt over surrogate newborns
The newborn twins are daughters of a Namibian-Mexican gay couple, and the Namibian authorities have dragged their feet on issuing documents for the girls born to a South African surrogate mother to travel to Windhoek.
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I.Coast court hands life term to ex-warlord over 2011 massacre
Oueremi had faced 24 charges of mass murder, rape and inhumane and degrading treatment over the violence in Duekoue, which occurred as Ivory Coast was in the grip of a post-election civil war.
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Africa 'in a bind' over scarce COVID shots: disease control body
Health officials hope to vaccinate at least 20 percent of the continent's more than one billion people by the end of the year.
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Mali post-coup govt says elections set for February 2022
The first round of voting for the presidency and legislature will take place on February 27 2022, followed by runoff votes on March 13 and 22 respectively, the minister of territorial administration, Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, told reporters.
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UN warns of crisis for Mozambique children after attacks
Alone after being separated from her family in a jihadist attack, one six-year-old girl wandered through the brush of northern Mozambique for four days before being taken in by Unicef.
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Africa to see slowest regional growth in 2021: IMF
The IMF warned that limits on access to vaccines and policy space were holding back the near-term recovery, calling for wealthy countries to step up access to vital vaccines and make financing available to Africa.
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WHO Africa: Benefits of COVID vaccine far outweigh the risks
Vaccine safety was the theme of a virtual discussion being hosted by the World Health Organization's regional leaders earlier on Thursday.
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COVID-19 jabs available, but reluctance contagious in Senegal
Many Senegalese have had doubts about the seriousness of COVID-19 from the start, and widespread scepticism about vaccines only grew with concerns over the AstraZeneca jab's possible link to rare blood clots.
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Drug-resistant malaria gaining foothold in Africa: study
In clinical trials, the disease lingered longer in children receiving standard treatment for malaria if they were infected with mutant strains of the disease, the study found.
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Botswana bans SA poultry products following bird flu outbreak
The outbreak of H5 Avian Influenza was recently detected at a chicken farm in Ekurhuleni.
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Benin's Talon takes tough line after re-election win
His remarks showed little sign of reconciliation after the former cotton magnate won 86.3% of the votes in Sunday's election when he faced two little-known opponents.
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WHO worried COVID rates could spike during Ramadan
Detected cases of COVID infection in the region rose 22% last week, while deaths rose 17%, said Ahmed al-Mandhari, the Cairo-based chief of the WHO for the eastern Mediterranean.
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Cameroon forces have beaten, arrested 24 under anti-gay law: HRW
Police conducted a raid on February 24 on the offices of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment group Colibri in the western town of Baffoussam and arrested 13 people including seven staff, HRW said.
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DR Congo to launch COVID vaccination drive
People will start receiving shots across the vast central African country from Monday, Interior Minister Gilbert Kankonde said on state television.
