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South Africa’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on earlier studies testing the safety of a modified form of adenovirus — a type of virus that causes respiratory infections — known as the Ad5… Read More

Turkey is committed to boosting trade ties with the entire Africa, and plans to hold a Turkey-Africa Business Council meeting soon. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made this promise when he visited Angola, as part of his three-nation tour to the continent. Turkeys trade with African countries currently stands at about 25 billion dollars. The Turkish president expressed hope to increase… Read More

Jihadists attacked a police post overnight in Niger’s troubled frontier zone with Burkina Faso killing three policemen and wounding seven others, local officials told AFP on Monday. Since 2017, jihadist groups have rocked the Tillaberi region, a vast area covering 100,000 square kilometres (38,000 square miles) near the borders with Mali and Burkina Faso. The flashpoint area is frequently targeted… Read More

Last updated: 55 minutes ago Crowds thronged the gates of Myanmar’s most notorious prison Monday night as a nationwide mass prisoner release was underway after the country’s military rulers announced an amnesty. Former prisoners waved from the windows of buses leaving the gates of Insein Prison in Yangon as family members gathered embraced and wept. The announcement was made earlier… Read More

Last updated: 15 minutes ago Provincial authorities said the flood alert continues for communities along the Tha Chin River as the Krasiao Reservoir in the northeastern part of the province has reached capacity, forcing officials to release water into its already swollen stream. Many areas in northern and central Thailand have been flooded since late September, after tropical storm Dianmu… Read More

Ethiopian forces hit the Tigrayan capital of Mekele with air strikes on Monday, humanitarian officials and diplomats told AFP, in a new phase of the nearly year-long war in the country’s north. They are the first reported air raids in Mekele since the conflict erupted in November last year, although there have been others in the Tigray region. “Air strike… Read More

The former Cape Verdean Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves, won the presidential election in the first round on Sunday in this archipelago cited as an example of democratic success in West Africa, according to provisional results published on an official website. Mr. Neves, 61, a member of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) and head of… Read More

A tribute march was organized on Sunday in Paris for the 60th anniversary of the bloody police crackdown on a protest by Algerians in the French capital, during the final year of their country’s independence war with its colonial power. Human rights and anti-racism groups and Algerian associations in France joined in the protest march, calling on authorities to further… Read More

The 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) has been launched. The opening ceremony of the festival known as the largest film festival on the continent, took place on Saturday at the Palais des Sports in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. It had in attendance Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Kabore said the… Read More

Last updated: 7 hours ago A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has returned to Earth after leaving the International Space Station (ISS) earlier on Sunday. The capsule landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan carrying Russian actor Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko, who returned to Earth after filming scenes for the world’s first movie… Read More