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More African countries set to approve malaria shot; 20 million doses ready in 2023/in /by
African countries that do not have extensive resources for drug regulation have previously relied on the U.N. agency to initially review new medicines.
Islamic State group extends its predation In the Sahel/in /by
At the cost of bloody fighting, massacres, and displacement of civilians, the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) is now in a position of strength in northeastern Mali, which serves as a base for its expansionist aims in Niger and Burkina Faso, according to analysts.
Police evict asylum-seekers outside UN refugee office in S.Africa/in /by
The migrants had set up makeshift tents in front of the UN refugee agency to ask to be relocated to other countries following an outbreak of xenophobic violence in 2019
France: accused of rape, Saad Lamjarred released before his appeal/in /by
Moroccan star singer Saad Lamjarred, who appealed his sentence in Paris to six years in prison for aggravated rape, has been released, AFP learned Thursday from his lawyers.
Twitter begins removing legacy verified check marks/in /by
Twitter users bid farewell to an iconic feature on the platform, as many reported on Thursday that they had lost their verified blue check marks.
Eid al-Fitr prayers held in Mecca, Omdurman and Nairobi/in /by
In Sudan, the holiday was eclipsed by raging battles between the army and its rival paramilitary force, despite two attempted cease-fires
France is ‘available’ to stand by Guinea in transition/in /by
Speaking in Conakry Thursday (Apr.20), the French foreign ministry's State Secretary for development said that her country "hope[d] that the political transition underway in Guinea [would] be successful." Adding it 'must allow a return to democratic and constitutional order [...]."
10 members of same family dead in mass shooting in South Africa/in /by
Ten members of the same family, seven of them women, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday.
Uganda: Museveni calls for changes to anti-LGBTQ bill/in /by
Uganda: Museveni calls for changes to anti-LGBTQ bill
Mali: Assimi Goïta’s chief of staff killed in an ambush/in /by
The chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of Mali's military-dominated transition, was among four people killed in an attack on Tuesday near the Mauritanian border, said a note from the presidency authenticated by AFP on Thursday.