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At a COVID-19 vaccination site on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, people wait for hours for scarce AstraZeneca jabs. Some arrived as early as 6 a.m., hoping to be first in line to receive the shot. It is afternoon before the small box of vials arrives, but to the shock of many of those in line only people… Read More

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) condemned Monday, the ” worsening situation “ in Beni, North Kivu, a province in the east of the DRC plagued by attacks by armed groups. North Kivu and the neighbouring province of Ituri have been under a state of siege since the beginning of May, an exceptional measure imposed by… Read More

Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Egypt’s state-run media announced on Monday that more than 40 Egyptian nationals had been evacuated. A military jet transporting Egyptian civilians arrived in Cairo late Monday, according to the official MENA news agency. The flight brought home 43 evacuees, including the Egyptian embassy staff and clerics from the Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s foremost… Read More

Concern is mounting over freedoms in Tunisia as President Kais Saied presses ahead with a “purge” that has seen politicians, judges, and businessmen arrested or banned from travel, activists say. On July 25, Saied sacked the government and suspended parliament for one month citing powers he says were granted by the constitution, but he has yet to reveal a “roadmap”… Read More

Do you want to buy a more than 3,000-year-old Sumerian tablet, listed as the property of a gentleman from Sussex in England and passed down as a family heirloom? On auction site liveauctioneers.com, bidding for the “Sumerian clay tablet” starts at 550 pounds ($750). The item weighs just 70 grams (2.5 ounces) but bears traces of cuneiform writing — the… Read More

Zambians in the capital Lusaka spoke of their desire for change Monday as the southern African country prepares to swear in a new president following elections on Aug. 12. Veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in as the seventh president of Zambia on Tuesday, after getting more than 2.8 million votes to President Edgar Lungu’s 1.8 million votes,… Read More

The trial of the “hidden debt”, one of the biggest corruption scandals in Mozambique, which has plunged the country into a serious financial crisis and is embarrassing even the top of the state, opened on Monday in a Maputo prison. Nineteen people accused of blackmail, forgery, embezzlement and money laundering, for amounts of several million euros, are to be heard… Read More

Zimbabwe is to open talks about compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when former president Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said on Saturday. Some victims will also be will be exhumed and reburied according to local customs, the statement added. The news followed talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tribal chiefs to settle… Read More

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has come under fire for remarks about women footballers having “flat-chests” and suggesting they would not be attractive candidates for marriage. Hassan made the comments at a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the victory of a national men’s team in a regional football championship, where ironically she also called for better funding for women’s sports.… Read More

Egypt closes Rafah border crossing to Gaza after Israel-Hamas escalation. Rafah is the sole crossing between Egypt and Gaza, where an Israeli-led blockade has placed severe restrictions on the movement of goods and people for years. Egypt closed the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice on Monday, Egyptian security sources said. Hamas, the Palestinian… Read More