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Covid 19: Cautious and gradual reopening of Morocco’s mosques

Moroccan worshipers will be able to attend mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Friday Prayer but this will be conditioned by strict caution to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the religious affairs ministry said. The ministry urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to abstain from going to mosques to protect other […]

DRC president vows ‘vigorous’ military response to M23 advance as risk of regional war grows

The Congolese president has vowed to mount a “vigorous, coordinated response” by the army against Rwanda-based M23 rebels who have made a major advance in the mineral-east of the country in recent weeks, taking control of the key city of Goma. In his first public remarks on Wednesday (29 January) since the M23 fighters seized […]

Tanzania confirms Marburg case, heightening global health concerns

President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from Tanzania’s remote Kagera region tested positive for Marburg disease, validating World Health Organization (WHO) warnings from mid-January. While Tanzanian authorities initially denied the presence of Marburg after eight people in Kagera died from what WHO suspected to be the disease, subsequent investigations have now […]