The east-central African nation of Rwanda began its COVID-19 vaccination program Friday, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, making it the first African nation to administer the drug. The nation received 102,960 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and 240,000 dose…
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Bomb Blast Kills at Least 20 in Somali Capital
A suicide car bomb killed at least 20 and injured 30 late Friday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.The explosion happened at Luul Yemeni restaurant in the city’s port area and sent smoke into the sky, according to Reuters, citing state media.“So far w…
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The World Health Organization says it is using every measure it has to curb the spread of parallel Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the biggest lessons learned from the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa — the…
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Human Rights Watch has released a report saying the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic set off human rights crises worldwide. The report documents how government have allowed corruption to flourish, and used the pandemic to clamp down critics and the …
Read MoreWomen’s Representation in South Sudan State Governments Misses Mandated 35%
Women’s and human rights activists in South Sudan say parties to the 2018 peace deal are violating a provision that calls for 35% of government positions at all levels to be allocated to women.President Salva Kiir’s decree reconstituting Western Equat…
Read MoreHundreds of Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Seized in South Africa, Interpol Says
South African police have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines and arrested four suspects in connection with the haul, the Interpol global police co-ordination agency said.This comes after Interpol, which is headquartered in France, issued a globa…
Read MoreCentral African Refugees Being Moved Away From Dangerous Border Areas in DR Congo
The U.N. refugee agency is rushing to relocate thousands of Central African refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo away from the dangerous border areas to safer sites farther inside the country. An estimated 92,000 refugees from the Central Afri…
Read MoreDemocracy, Liberty Declining Worldwide, Freedom House Report Finds
During 2020, freedom around the world declined for the 15th straight year, according to Freedom House in its annual country-by-country assessment of political rights and civil liberties.The group now says fewer than one fifth of the world lives in “ful…
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