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East, Southern African leaders call for ceasefire in eastern Congo

At a crisis summit in Tanzania, leaders of eastern and southern African states called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern DRC, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have taken strategic towns, including Goma. The summit in Tanzania’s capital brought together heads of state and government representatives to try to resolve the worsening security and humanitarian situation in […]

UNICEF report warns of ‘backslide’ in vaccination of children in Africa

Nearly 13 million children in Africa missed one or more vaccinations and 8.7 million didn’t receive a single dose of any vaccine between 2019 and 2021, after Covid-19 caused service disruption, strained health systems, diverted scarce resources, while conflicts, climate change have driven this decline on the continent, a new report from United Nations Children’s […]

FIFA Task Force Denies Schemes to Block Morocco’s 2026 Bid

FIFA secretary general Zvonimir Boban categorically denied the rumors saying that the international body is scheming to block Morocco’s bid from reaching the vote stage on June 13. An authorized source told le360.ma news website that “FIFA and Boban categorically deny the rumors according to which the task force has an intent to eliminate Morocco’s […]