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Moroccan-born doctor to lead US Coronavirus vaccine effort

President Donald Trump is planning to appoint GlaxoSmithKline executive and Moroccan-born US Moncef Slaoui to lead efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported. The US government plans to produce 300 million vaccine doses for the pandemic by the end of 2020 under a plan called “Operation Warp Speed.” Dr Slaoui, 60, joined GlaxoSmithKline in […]

Zimbabwe president pledges to hold ‘free, fair & credible’ elections in August

General elections that are due to be held later this year will be free and fair, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed during an independence day speech on Tuesday (18 April), but he also issued a warning to “rogue” civic society organizations not to sow “seeds of division and disharmony” in the society. The 80-year-old leader, […]

Libya: Stakeholders in the Libyan Dialogue invited in Geneva to continue talks to blow up final hurdles

UNMIL Chief Envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon invited the Libyan political protagonists to continue the talks in the Swiss city of Geneva where the General National Congress team will be present. The Libyan Dialogue process will get back to Geneva after Leon pushed further to September 20 the new deadline for Libyans to clinch a […]