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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 […]
The Israeli Knesset hosted on Wednesday evening, for the first time in its history, a ceremony in Moroccan colors on the occasion of Mimouna, the traditional holiday of Moroccan Jews, which has become a public event celebrated every year in the country. The Mimouna, propagated by Moroccan Jews, is held directly on the night of […]
The mobilization in capital Khartoum and other cities of a paramilitary force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, generally referred to as Hemetti, had raised the risk of confrontation with the federal armed forces, the Sudanese army said this Thursday April 13. The mobilization of the powerful paramilitary, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), represented a […]
The European Union has been slammed for its inability to act against Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, following its involvement in one of Africa’s biggest scandals, as it has exposed the hollowness of its self-declared fight against corruption. The financial scandal — named after a 2019 Wikileaks release called the “Fishrot Files” — stretches from […]
Speaker of Canada’s Senate, George F. Furey has paid tribute to the leadership of King Mohammed VI and to the reforms engaged in Morocco, leading to progress, inclusive and sustainable development. Speaking to journalists following a meeting held Wednesday in Rabat with Foreign minister Nasser Bourita, Furey commended Morocco’s key role in the fight against […]
Tunisia’s Foreign minister Nabil Ammar is currently on a working visit to Italy, as Rome presses Tunis to curb waves of illegal migrants batting its coasts. Ammar is expected to meet with Antonio Tajani, his Italian counterpart. The two sides are to discuss global economic interests of both countries, clamping down on illegal migration, increasing […]
As Burkina Faso is dogged in insecurity, 18.846 of its citizens have found refuge in Côte d’Ivoire, Ivorian authorities indicated Wednesday. The national security council, headed by President Alassan Ouattara, had it that the refugees have settled in north and north-east areas of the country. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees conducted a biometric […]
Germany’s Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, Wednesday said the European country will use Niger as base as it remains committed to the Sahel region flagged by ramp insecurity. “Our future military engagement in the Sahel will focus on Niger,” he said as he embarked on a visit to the African country. “Security in the Sahel region […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is pushing for an audit of the country’s mining contracts with China, which it says heavily favor Beijing, arguing that the Central African country wants a bigger slice of the proceeds from the mining and export of its resources by Chinese companies. DRC’s national assembly speaker Christophe Mboso has […]
Burundi and Tanzania have floated a tender for designing and constructing about 282 kilometers of electrified railway, part of East Africa’s wider cross-border electric railway line plans aiming at boosting the competition for cargo business in the region and helping the region tap a US$3 trillion single market opportunity. What will be the continent’s second […]