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COVID-19: Schools in Liberia reopen

Normal academic activities officially started in Liberia on Monday, January 4, 2021. Schools were closed in March 2020 after the country recorded its index case of COVID-19. However, as Pastor Maxwell Sando Sr., a school teacher in Monrovia explains to…

France to reduce troops in The Sahel

France’s defense minister said Monday that her government will reconsider its military strategy in the Sahel region and very likely reduce military deployment as part of Operation Barkhane after significant military successes in 2020. Minister Parly told daily Le Parisien…

Liberia: Economic downturn cripples local businesses

In Liberia, the current global economic realities posed by the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic, is affecting local businesses with many in the country struggling to survive. Already challenged by the fight against the viral disease, the shortage of local…

MSF condemns killing of staff in CAR

Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF, also known as Doctors without Borders, has denounced the killing of one of its medical staff members following a shooting incident on a public transport truck in Grimari city in Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic (CAR).…

Uganda: Bobi Wine arrested at campaign stop

Ugandan police said Thursday they prevented popular singer Bobi Wine, one of the frontrunners in the January 14 presidential election, from gathering his supporters, citing health regulations regarding Covid-19, but denied arresting him. However, the police said he is "currently…