As the World Health Organization (WTO) announces the next step in its distribution of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer, has raised concerns about its value. WHO endorsed the vaccine, sold by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as Mosquirix, in fall 2021 as […]
Mali’s ruling junta announced Monday night that it was breaking off defense agreements with France and its European partners, a further sign of deteriorating relations between Bamako and its former allies in the fight against jihadists. Making good on a threat that has been waved for months, the military-dominated authorities who came to power by […]
King Mohammed VI who sensed from the start the seriousness of the COVID-19 epidemic acted swiftly and ordered the Government to put in place strong measures to help contain the spread of the disease and mitigate the pandemic’s social and economic impact. However, the Monarch did not limit his efforts to his own country but […]
