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“Unimaginable horrors’: UNHCR calls for more protection of vulnerable migrants in Africa

Conflicts in Sudan and across the Sahel region have compromised protection for migrants who continue to face “unimaginable horrors” on major migration routes to Europe, according to new report from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Although the location of the major migration routes is well known, no immediate assistance, shelter or information about the dangers […]

Tunisia: Two outgoing ministers kept in new cabinet

Tunisia’s nominal Prime Minster Thursday unveiled his long awaited cabinet with only two ministers of the former cabinet kept. Habib Jemli appointed by his party, the Islamist Ennahdha party, in October following parliamentarian elections has proposed a 28-member cabinet including four women. The team approved by President Kais Saied is almost made of new faces […]

COVID-19: U.S. grants Côte d’Ivoire more than 2 million doses of Pfizer, a $16 million donation

The US Development agency USAID has donated to Côte d’Ivoire more than 2 million doses of Pfizer to help the West African country to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The US embassy in capital Abidjan said in a statement that the vaccines will support the efforts of authorities to vaccinate 52 per cent of the population, […]