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Last updated: 5 hours ago The Peruvian Santa Claus visited a deprived neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lima on Thursday to deliver sweets and gifts to children after almost two years of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About a hundred children and their parents from the Mirador neighbourhood north of Lima were thrilled to see Santa Claus arrive with… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago Nurse Sodkhuu Galbadrakh clutches a box of Covid-19 vaccines on his lap as he journeys along a bumpy track through a remote region of the Mongolian steppe, going home to home to offer booster doses to herders. The country of three million has taken some of the world’s toughest and most enduring measures against the… Read More

Covid-19 vaccination has become mandatory for all Comorans. President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani issued on Wednesday a decree making vaccination mandatory and giving the go-ahead of a massive vaccination campaign. The objective of the campaign that will last untill Wednesday the 29th of December is to get at least 60 percent of the population double-jabbed. A vaccination pass During… Read More

Senegal will on Monday December 27 welcome a new commuter railway line after having to wait for the past 5 years for work on the project to be completed. This transport system is aimed at reducing journey times and also decongesting the city once the TER regional express begins operation. According to the general manager for SETER, the TER operating… Read More

Migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were rescued from unseaworthy dinghies by the NGO Doctors Without Borders(MSF) on Thursday. Those women, children and men were attempting to reach Europe’s southern coasts. On Thursday, the NGO Doctors without borders rescued more than 450 people. Women and unaccompanied children from sub-Saharan African countries formed the majority of the rescued attempting to reach Europe’s… Read More

Ethiopia’s government has announced that its forces will not advance deeper into the Tigray region. Ethiopian forces have been ordered to maintain the areas they have won back from the Tigray People’s Liberation Force, but not to go further into the Tigray region, the Government Communication Service head, Legesse Tulu, said Thursday. The Ethiopian federal army and its allies have… Read More

The former President Democratic Republic of Congo’s Joseph Kabila is planning to sue a media house and a group of NGOs for what he terms an act of defamation and manipulation on an alleged report that he siphoned off $138 million over five years. In the report entitled Congo hold-up, Kabila together with his clan are implicated on over 3.5… Read More

Libyans have voiced a mix of frustration and anxiety after elections set for Friday were postponed, which some had hoped would help turn the page on a decade of violence. After weeks of speculation, authorities confirmed Wednesday that the poll, part of a United Nations-led peace process, would be delayed. “I had picked up my voting card and I was… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Children spending the holidays in a hospital in Barcelona get a much-needed boost from a firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, who greets them from outside a hospital window while hanging from a climbing rope outside the building, due to strict pandemic rules restricting visitors. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

2021 was greeted with many uncertainties, with many wondering how long coronavirus would continue to stay with us. In the midst of the uncertainties, news about the disappearance of 20-year-old Senegalese student Diary Sow broke. Described as a punctual and serious student, the absence of Diary Sow after the Christmas holidays came as a worry to many around her. Ten… Read More