News link 2021-04-26 First Edition
News link 2021-04-26 First Edition
News link 2021-04-26 First Edition
Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days for help for their overcrowded, foundering rubber dinghy in the sea off Libya but potential rescuers choose “to look…
The municipal authorities in the capital of Burkina Faso say they are committed to the fight against the consumption of Shicha. This is the point of the municipal police after a raid in several marquis this weekend and seized quantities…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari reversed a government decision to revoke four oil permits from a unit of China’s Sinopec. Buhari “approved the restoration” of the licenses to Addax Petroleum Corp. as part of his commitment to “the rule of law…
The Ghana COCOBOD says China’s recent export of cocoa raises some concerns for the future of the sector in Ghana. The Asian country is reported to have exported to Belgium its first batch of cocoa beans weighing 500 kg worth…
Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners on Friday reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, which demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over 12-months of follow-up. In their findings published in the…
A Nigerian intelligence officer speaking this weekend on condition of anonymity said Nigerian security forces carried out a joint operation in Imo State, less than three weeks after public assets were allegedly attacked by IPOB’s Eastern Security Network (ESN). ESN…
While immunization services have started to recover from disruptions caused by COVID-19, millions of children remain vulnerable to deadly diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance warned today during World Immunization Week. The warning highlights…
In Burkina Faso, the collective against the stigmatization of communities has been offering solutions for the resolution of the security crisis in the country. The organization which presented its findings to President Roch Kaboré on Tuesday says the vulnerability of…
The International Federation for Human Rights and the Nigerien Association for the Defense of Human Rights have call on the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to play its full role in implementing a human rights-based approach to the…
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