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Until now relatively spared by the coronavirus epidemic, Senegal is now facing an explosion of Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the Delta variant. In Dakar, the health system is under great pressure as hospital beds dedicated to Covid patients are full and health personnel are “on the verge of breaking down”. The West African country has suffered a… Read More

Staring blankly from her hospital bed, 14-year-old Precious is struggling to recover after 21 days spent at the hands of heavily-armed gunmen who kidnapped her from her school in northwest Nigeria. “To walk is a problem, to talk is a problem… if she happened to sit down, she will just be afraid and shivering,” said her mother, Esther Joseph, using… Read More

On a strategic road that leads to the border with Mali, a unit of Mauritania’s National Guard is on a reconnaissance operation. The unit is one of several based in Nema. They have helped secure the corridor close to Mali, which is battling a militant insurgency and a political crisis. With security restored in the area, Nema residents are only… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago The Fire Brigade is evacuating the village of Drosia in Achaia, Peloponnese, for precautionary reasons following fire that broke out in the area on Wednesday afternoon. According to sources, the front of the fire is in a ravine, but the winds that blow in the area are strong and make the firefighters’ work even more… Read More

This year’s World Hepatitis Day comes when the world is still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. Experts are concerned that as the pandemic forces economies to contract and governments to make spending decisions based on stretched budgets, the target to eliminate Hepatitis by 2030 could be missed. The disease kills by causing the inflammation of the liver that causes a… Read More

South Africa on Wednesday vehemently objected to last week’s “unilateral” decision by the African Union Commission to grant Israel an official observer status at the continental organisation. In a strongly worded statement, the continental powerhouse, which last year held the annually rotating AU presidency, said it “is appalled at the unjust and unwarranted decision of the AU Commission to grant… Read More

Last updated: 58 minutes ago Workers construct a 25-metre-tall steel sculpture dubbed “The Gesture” by Lebanese artist Nadim Karam made from debris from the August 4 blast at Beirut’s port. The explosion that thundered through the city levelled entire neighbourhoods, killed more than 200 people, wounded 6,500 others and pummelled the lives of survivors. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

President Alassane Ouattara of the Ivory Coast greeted his predecessor and longstanding foe Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday in an effort to defuse political tensions in the West African country. “How are you Laurent? Happy to see you,” Ouattara said as Gbagbo arrived at the presidential palace in the Ivorian economic capital Abidjan. It marked the first time Ouattara and Gbagbo… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied received the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs who carried an oral message from King Mohammed VI. This visit comes at a time when opponents of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, who sparked a crisis by ousting the premier and suspending parliament, challenged him Tuesday to hold new elections instead of building an “autocratic regime”. The moderate Islamist… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago Cheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70. There is a strict selection process for members, who must be over 55, and have to pass an audition and three-month trial period. They are currently rehearsing for their… Read More