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Liberia acquires new DNA machine

President George Weah has unveiled a DNA machine to boost the fight against sexual and gender based violence in Liberia. Weah said the DNA machine would be used to provide scientific proof for sexual abuses. The lack of functional DNA…

Togo receives more than 150,000 COVID-19 vaccine

More than 150,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Togo on Sunday.  The country received its first batch of the global Covax vaccine against a backdrop of rising Covid 19 cases. Health authorities in the country announce that the mass…

Nigeria: Ex-Power Minister charged with corruption

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned a former Minister of State for Power, Muhammed Wakil, on two counts of corruption at the  High Court of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. The prosecution alleged that the…

Mali receives 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

Mali became the first country in the central Sahel to receive its first shipment of the Covid19 vaccines. The first delivery contains just under 400,000 doses of Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccines. Abdullahi Hassan has more in this report filed in by…

Nigeria: President Buhari receives COVID vaccine

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the country of his administration’s drive to promote good health and wellbeing of the population particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. President Buhari made the pledge in a televised broadcast over the weekend at the…

96,000 doses of COVID vaccine arrives in Liberia

Liberia has joined the League of Nations to receive covid19 jabs under the covax initiative facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO). A total of 96,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were shipped into during the weekend. The arrival of the vaccines…

ECOWAS condemns ongoing clashes in Senegal

In Senegal, opposition leader and member of parliament Ousmane Sonko who has been accused of rape is due to appear in court today. Mr. Sonko who has been in detention since Wednesday last week, appeared in court on Friday for…