Benin sacks 61 police officers for unlawful absence

As many as 61 officers of Benin’s law reinforcement Forces have been sacked as the State blames them for unjustified absence for at least 15 days in a year, reports say. Alassane Seidou and Romuald Wadagni respectively Minister of Interior and Minister Finance signed the decree announcing the sacking of the officers who belong to […]

Armenian “Genocide”: Ankara Reacts as expected, Berlin Trying to Calm Waters

The German Bundestag on Thursday approved a non-binding resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of the Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish forces as genocide with only one member of the parliament voting against it and another abstaining. Turkey reacted by recalling its ambassador in Berlin for consultations and also summoned Germany’s Chargé d’affaires in Ankara. Turkey’s […]

Rwanda starts administering Marburg jabs

Rwanda said it unrolled a Marburg vaccination campaign after some 21 people were killed by the virus. Vaccination would at first focus on medics combating the disease and those most vulnerable, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told reporters. On October 4, The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for […]