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Morocco basked in US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara Friday after outgoing President Donald Trump changed policy on the decades-old dispute in return for Rabat agreeing to normalise relations with Israel. For the Polisario Front, which has campaigned for independence for the former Spanish colony since the 1970s, Trump’s announcement marked a major setback and drew a promise… Read More

Egypt has received its first shipment of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, which was tested in the United Arab Emirates and is said to be 86% effective. The shipment from Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm landed at Cairo’s international airport from the UAE late on Thursday. Health minister Hala Zayed and diplomats from China and the UAE were at the airport… Read More

A Marginalised Yemeni Community Descended From Africa No community in Yemen has suffered more from the current war than Al-Muhamasheen — a term which literally translates to ‘the marginalised ones.’ A name adopted by members of the ethnic group themselves to escape the derogatory term of ‘Akhdam’ i.e. ‘servants’ in the Yemeni spoken Arabic dialect — by which they are… Read More

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court prosecutor on Friday said she had enough evidence to open a full probe into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Nigeria. The announcement comes after almost a decade of preliminary investigations into the violence in northeastern Nigeria which has killed over 30,000 people and driven over 2 million from their… Read More

A big night of boxing on Saturday as Anthony Joshua defends his heavyweight titles against Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev. It has been 12 months since Joshua’s avenged his defeat to Mexican-American Andy Ruiz on a rainy night in Saudi Arabia. The win restored the British heavy weight boxer with Nigerian roots, as a three-belt champion. He now looks to redeem his… Read More

Namibia has appointed a technical team to look into logistical requirements of importing a COVID-19 vaccine. The southern African country’s minister of health said the team was instructed to study the storage, transport and distribution needs, local newspaper The Namibian reported on Friday. Namibia lacks the infrastructure needed to store or distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. Most of the vaccine candidates… Read More

Provisional results from LIberia’s Special Senatorial elections have put four candidates from the opposition Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) in an early significant lead. The results are seen as a big blow to President George Weah’s ruling party the Congress for Democratic Change. The Elections Commission on Thursday announced preliminary results from eight counties. Madam Davidetta Brown Lansannah said, the results… Read More

Young South Africans are calling for tougher coronavirus measures as the country reports a spike in cases and declared a second wave. On Wednesday, South Africa reported 6,700 new cases, the highest since August, bringing the total number of cases since the outbreak to over 800,000 with more than 22,000 deaths. The situation is expected to worsen as the festive… Read More

Supporters of President Félix Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated on Thursday night as parliament voted to oust pro-Kabila speaker, Jeanine Mabunda. It’s the latest round of a bitter dispute between President Felix Tshisekedi and supporters of Joseph Kabila. A total of 484 lawmakers out of 500 were present. Some 281 voted in favor, while 200 voted against.… Read More