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Morocco is hoping to launch an ambitious vaccination campaign against the coronavirus by the end of the year. However, efforts have sparked suspicion and rumors in the country, hard-hit by the global pandemic. Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said the move is to prevent the health system from been overwhelmed. “The fact that we chose to have a vaccination campaign… Read More

Humanity is facing a new war, unprecedented in history, the Secretary General of the United Nations has warned. The stark message from António Guterres follows a year of global upheaval, with the coronavirus pandemic causing governments to shut down whole countries for months at a time, while wildfires, hurricanes and powerful storms have scarred the globe. “To put it simply,… Read More

The Prime Minister of Eswatini has been airlifted to neighboring South Africa for COVID-19 treatment, an official said in a statement late Tuesday. Ambrose Dlamini, 52, had announced that he had contracted the novel virus two weeks ago, but thought he was asymptomatic. But on Tueday the deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku said he was taken to South Africa for… Read More

Djaïli Amadou Amal the Award-Winning Author Cameroonian literary star Djaïli Amadou Amal was proclaimed the winner of the 33rd Goncourt des Lycéens on Wednesday for her book titled “Les Impatientes” – a revival of a novel published in her country in 2017 under another title, “Munyal,” a Fulani word meaning patience. In the words of the president of the high… Read More

Rain and flooding have slowed down rescue efforts at a Zimbabwean mine where a shaft collapsed last week, trapping at least 10 artisanal miners. Hopes of finding survivors have been lost and relatives camped at the site on Tuesday expressed their desperation for decent burials of their loved ones who are now presumed dead. The mine shaft in Bindura town,… Read More

Youssef Diab drives his truck through the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, singing catchy songs in a local Berber dialect that clings to life despite the dominance of Arabic. The UN has classified Siwi, the easternmost dialect of the Tamazight language spoken across North Africa as far as Morocco, as “endangered”. But few adults in the oasis speak Arabic as their… Read More

The Horn of Africa has once again experienced renewed tensions this weekend. Somalia decided to recall its ambassador to Nairobi and expel the Kenyan ambassador. In a statement, Somalia’s foreign Affairs Ministry accused Kenya of “overt and blatant interferences” in internal affairs in Jubbaland. “In recent weeks, it has become apparent to the Federal Government of Somalia that the Kenyan… Read More

HIV-positive children in developing countries will have access to more appropriate and, above all, four times cheaper treatment. The much-needed HIV treatment especially among children will now be available in low and middle-income countries, thanks to a landmark agreement between Unitaid and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). “Children in low and middle-income countries often wait years to have access… Read More

President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming economic team unveiled Tuesday pledged to take urgent action as soon as they are sworn in to correct an economy struggling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in Wilmington alongside Biden, Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen described the economic crisis brought on by the COVID pandemic as an “American tragedy” and warned that without quick action… Read More

Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has suspended his campaigns, following injury to members of his campaign team and damage to his car. The opposition candidate on Tuesday said bullets were fired at his car, puncturing the tyres and rendering it immobile. He added that several members of his staff had been wounded and that some were… Read More