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The World Health Organization (WHO) says Ebola vaccination began Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October. It says people at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case…
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report. It says for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased. In 2020, more people…
In Nigeria, the Federal Government has set a deadline of December 1 for civil servants to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced…
The government of Sierra Leone is racing against time to build the country’s first multipurpose fisheries facility at Black Johnson village. However, some citizens say the process of land acquisition raises questions. WADR’s Freetown correspondent Patrick Sallia has the details.
In Liberia, Former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on Liberians to help make Monrovia a clean city. Her comments follow criticism from the European Union representative to Liberia Laurent Delahousse regarding the sanitation in the capital. WADR’s Darlington Porkpa has…
President of Ghana and chairman of ECOWAS Nana Akufo-Addo has admonished west African leaders against manipulating electoral systems to stay in power. According to President Akufo-Addo, there is no justification whatsoever for anybody to come to power through any other…
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The Ghana Navy has warded off pirates who wanted to attack a Tuna vessel operating in the south of Aflao. The operation ended without any casualty to the vessel and its crew. Piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of…
Kenyan Olympian and world cross-country champion Agnes Jebet Tirop was found dead at her home on October 13 in Iten, Kenya, with stab wounds in her stomach, according to a Tweet from Athletics Kenya. Athletics Kenya wrote that her husband…
The Gambian armed forces has issued a press statement dismissing reports of a coup plot involving soldiers believed to still be loyal to the former president Yahya Jammeh. The rebuttal late Tuesday, follows media reports published on October 4th…
An altercation between civilians and soldiers has left several wounded in the city of Po, in the southern region. Following the incident, the government says it is closely monitoring investigations by the military hierarchy as well as the prosecutor of…
Amnesty International has called on the Chadian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation against critical voices and to respect and protect the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. According to the human rights group, the crackdown…
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