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At least 2.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated to African countries have expired, the Africa Centers for Disease Control said Jan. 20, citing short shelf lives as the major reason. To be realistic, donors of vaccines to the continent should send them about “three months to six months” before their expiration, Africa CDC director …
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The Islamic extremist insurgency in northeast Nigeria is a “very, very dangerous” crisis, and the country needs more than $1 billion in aid in 2022 to assist those hit by the decade-long conflict, United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said. Speaking to the Associated Press, Griffiths, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
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The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize has appealed to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the award in 2019, to halt the conflict unfolding in the country’s northern region of Tigray. In a rare criticism of a former laureate, the Norwegian Nobel committee said Abiy had special responsibility to bring the fighting that broke out in late 2020 to …
Gambian President Adama Barrow on January 19 pledged to work to jump-start the economy and ensure broad-based development gains as he was sworn in for a second five-year term in office. Barrow, 56, came to power in 2017 by unseating his autocratic predecessor, Yahya Jammeh, at the polls. He comfortably won re-election last month with …
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Thousands of people demonstrated in the Malian capital Bamako on January 14 against sanctions imposed by neighboring countries on the transitional military government for trying to extend its hold on power. People poured into Independence Square holding up signs saying “Down with ECOWAS” and “Down with France,” to protest restrictions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States …
More than a dozen mutinous Burkina Faso soldiers declared Jan. 25 on state television that a military junta had seized control of the West African nation’s government after detaining democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore following a day of gun battles in Ouagadougou, the capital. The coup in a nation that was once a …
The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution came into sharp focus as many of the African countries whose populations have little to no access to the life-saving shots spoke at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders. Some called for member states to relax intellectual property rights in order to expand vaccine production. “No one is …
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The leader of Guinea’s recent coup told a delegation of West African leaders he was not concerned about new sanctions imposed by the regional bloc to pressure a swift transition to constitutional rule, the junta’s spokesman said. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to freeze the financial assets of the junta …
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The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen from genocide has been convicted of terrorism offenses and sentenced to 25 years at a trial that human rights watchdogs and other critics of Rwanda’s repressive government have described as an act of retaliation. Paul Rusesabagina, credited with sheltering ethnic Tutsis …
Mali has the right to seek military support from whoever it wants, the prime minister said, after France and other foreign powers expressed alarm at a report that Bamako was approaching Russian mercenaries for assistance. Prime Minister Choguel Maiga did not confirm whether the government was in talks with any other party in his comments …