Coronavirus

Ghana world’s first country to approve Oxford’s new malaria vaccine

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a highly effective R21/Matrix-M vaccine against malaria, developed at Oxford university in the United Kingdom, though questions remain over funding and also how or when the vaccine would be rolled out. The vaccine, the first to exceed the World Health Organization’s (WTO) target of […]

International Stakeholders rally behind UN Roadmap to stabilise Libya

The Governments of the United States, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom jointly expressed on November 27 their full support for the United Nations’ roadmap aimed at achieving unity, stability, and lasting peace in Libya. The statement welcomed the UN Security Council’s extension of the […]

Mali: Intercommunity reconciliation forum in Niono

A forum on intercommunity reconciliation opened on Thursday in Niono, a town in the Segou region, in the center of the country. Four ministers and several hundred people were invited to take part in the discussions aimed at easing tensions between the various communities, including the traditional Dozo hunters on the one hand and the […]