Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. A delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived…
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South Africa’s army allows hijab for Muslim women
The South African military has amended its dress policy to allow Muslim women to wear headscarves as part of their uniform, an army spokesperson said…
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Central African Republic war crimes suspect appears at ICC
A Central African Republic war crimes suspect made his first appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday after being handed over to the…
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COVID-19: ECOWAS to source vaccines as a bloc to reduce cost
ECOWAS leaders on Saturday agrees to source COVID-19 vaccines as a bloc to reduce costand minimise competition. This agreement was reached at the 58th…
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In war-weary CAR, humanitarian crisis deepens amid fresh violence
To the east, thousands have crossed the border to escape new attacks; to the west, thousands more hide in churches or the bush. A major…
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Uganda accuses US of ‘subverting’ presidential election
Uganda’s government accused the United States of trying to “subvert” last week’s presidential elections after the US ambassador attempted to visit opposition leader Bobi Wine,…
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Ex-Mali PM accused of plotting coup ‘not on run’
Lawyers for Malian former Prime Minister Boubou Cisse denied he was on the run, after a public prosecutor suggested he had fled charges of plotting…
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Senegal reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak on poultry farm
Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on…
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The Burundian refugee soap maker who is fighting coronavirus in Kenya
When Innocent Havyarimana started his soap-making business in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in early 2015, he was trying to move on from the traumatic events…
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DRC releases 22 Kabila assassination convicts 20 years after
Twenty-two men convicted over the 2001 assassination of Democratic Republic of Congo president Laurent-Desire Kabila were released from prison on Friday after receiving pardons from…
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