SIHA: We demand accountability for the brutality by Ugandan law enforcement agents

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On Thursday 26th March 2020, a group of women street vendors who had been selling food items were attacked and beaten by law enforcement...

Coronavirus – Africa: World Health Organization (WHO) urges African countries to scale up COVID-19 response

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The African region is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed COVID-19 cases BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), March 26, 2020/ --...

COVID-19: Statement on the disruption of immunization services due to the COVID-19 pandemic

On 27 January 2020, Mama Bwanga, 25, holds her son, Dieu Merci, 1 month, as they wait to be seen at a health clinic in Nsele district, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Bwanga's two youngest children, sons Dieu Merci and Mélé, 7, will receive measles vaccines; daughter Raissa, 10, has already been vaccinated.
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic NEW YORK, 26 March...

Al Qaeda Branch in Somalia Threatens Americans in East Africa — and Even the U.S.

Al-Shabab still controls parts of Somalia's south and central regions after being chased out of Mogadishu [File: AP]
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Several ominous signs indicate that the Qaeda affiliate, the Shabab, is seeking to expand its lethal mayhem well beyond its home base, and attack...

Opinion Piece: With simple, fact-informed hygiene measures, Africa can slow COVID-19 spread

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For countries in Africa and other areas where health resources are limited, a little-understood pandemic such as COVID-19 is a challenge that requires a...

Trump lashes out at Fox News for new poll showing him losing to all the Democratic candidates

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President Donald Trump lashed out on Friday at the network that normally covers him so favorably over a new national poll that shows him losing hypothetical...

U.S. signs peace deal with Taliban, a turning point in the 18-year war in Afghanistan

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U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar inked the deal in an opulent hall in a five-star hotel in...

Hosni Mubarak: Former Egyptian President dies aged 91

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91. Mubarak spent three...

Viruses and trafficking driving cheetahs to extinction, expert claims

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Act now or risk losing cheetahs from the wild within a decade, a leading conservationist has warned. leading conservationist warns species could be wiped out...

Unrepresented: The Curious Absence of Somaliland From AU Summits

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It is famously noted that the African Union (AU) summit is an opportunity for demagogues and dictators of the continent to come together and...