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Jul 23, 2021Health

Two doses of Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots effective against Delta variant, study

{Two doses of Pfizer or AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, a study published on Wednesday showed.}

Dec 18, 2020News

Burundi's ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies aged 71

{Burundi's ex-President Pierre Buyoya died on Thursday, a family member and an official said on Friday.}

Jan 19, 2018News

Protesters yank down angel sculpture in Athens, saying it looks like Satan

Protests against the 8-metre high sculpture called Phylax, which in Greek means “guardian”, have ranged from throwing white paint and spitting at it to attempting to exorcise it with a Greek priest sprinkling holy water.

Jan 10, 2018News

U.N. urges Israel to find solutions for African migrants

Israel should stop plans to send tens of thousands of migrants back to Africa forcibly, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, suggesting some could be resettled in Europe or other countries.

Jun 20, 2017News

Fighting kills more than 3,000 in Congo's Kasai region – Catholic church

{Congolese security forces and a militia fighting them have killed at least 3,383 people in the central Kasai region since October, the Catholic church said on Tuesday, in the most detailed report to date on the violence.} Church officials, citing their own sources in the remote territory bordering Angola, said the army had destroyed 10 […]

Jun 17, 2017News

African leaders say election delays spell 'Grave danger' for DRC

{Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and nine former African presidents have warned that the future of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in "grave danger" due to the failure to organise an election to replace President Joseph Kabila.} Kabila refused to step down at the end of his constitutional mandate last December, adding to uncertainty […]

Feb 16, 2017News

Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi dies after Afghan blast

{Ambassador Al-Kaabi was critically wounded in Kandahar attack that also killed five Emirati aid workers.} The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan died on Wednesday of wounds sustained in a bomb attack in Kandahar last month that also killed five Emirati aid workers, the UAE's foreign ministry announced. "With great sadness and sorrow, […]

Jan 13, 2017News

Tanzania's president warns newspapers over dissent

{Tanzanian President John Magufuli said on Friday the "days were numbered" for newspapers deemed to incite dissent, comments that will add to opposition concern that his government is further narrowing the space for public criticism.} Magufuli, nicknamed "the bulldozer" for pushing through his policies, has won some praise from Western donors for an anti-corruption drive […]

Jan 10, 2017News

Tens of thousands of people uprooted by militia violence in central Congo: U.N

{Tens of thousands of people in the central Democratic Republic of Congo have been uprooted in recent months by spiralling violence between a militia group and government security forces, the United Nations said on Monday.} More than 100,000 people across the provinces of Kasaï, Kasaï Central and Kasaï Oriental have fled their homes since August […]

Dec 27, 2016Politics

Trump to meet with Republic of Congo president on Tuesday: Sassou spokesman

{Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou plans to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing political turmoil crisis in Libya and other African issues, Sassou's spokesman said on Monday.} Sassou's spokesman Thierry Moungalla, in a post on Twitter, noted that the two men were meeting to discuss ways to the […]