Month: February 2021
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World
US implicates Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi’s killing
February 28, 2021 By ERIC TUCKER and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince likely approved the killing…
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Health
Tanzania’s president admits country has COVID-19 problem
February 22, 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after…
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DR Congo: Lives and futures of three million children at risk, UNICEF warns
February 22, 2021 By UN News, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday, highlighted the dire situation of some…
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Politics
South Africa’s president fights own party over corruption
February 21, 2021 By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption drive is facing stiff resistance…
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Travel
Life in Serengeti made easier, attractive to foreign tourists
FRIDAY February 19, 2021 By Joe Lihundi Tranquility News Reporter, Arusha, Tanzania Tanzania has once again simplified Covid-19 protocols for…
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World
UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
February 19, 2021 By UN News The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in…
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Court
Hervé Gourdel: Man sentenced over French tourist’s killing
February 19, 2021 By BBC An Algerian court has sentenced a man to death over the kidnap and murder of…
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Court
Hotel Rwanda Figure Appears in Court as Supporters Denounce ‘Show Trial’
February 19, 2021 By VOA Paul Rusesabagina, a humanitarian and activist who is depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda,…
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Court
New Allegations on France’s Role in Rwanda Genocide Put Pressure on Fact-Finding Commission
February 19, 2021 By Lisa Bryant, VOA PARIS – Two years ago, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a fact-finding commission…
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Politics
Cameroon President, Oldest African Leader, Celebrates 88th Birthday
February 16, 2021 By Moki Edwin Kindzeka of VOA YAOUNDÉ – Africa’s oldest and second longest serving leader, Cameroonian President Paul…
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World
EXPLAINER: UN vaccine plan for poor countries nears rollout
February 16, 2021 By JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — It’s nearly launch time for COVAX, the United Nations’ unprecedented program…
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Politics
Egypt urged to remove activists from ‘terrorist’ list
February 16, 2021 By UN News UN independent human rights experts appealed on Feb.11 for authorities in Egypt to remove…
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Health
Two die as new Ebola outbreak declared in southern Guinea
February 16, 2021 By UN News Guinean health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in a rural community in…
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Feature
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
February 15, 2021 By SAM MEDNICK KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her…
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World
‘Women and girls belong in science’ declares UN chief
February 11, 2021 By UN News Closed labs and increased care responsibilities are just a two of the challenges women…
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Health
In switch, South Africa to give health workers J&J vaccine
February 11, 2021 By ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will start vaccinating front-line health workers next week with…
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World
AP Exclusive: Man recounts torture in Maduro’s Venezuela
February 11, 2021 By SCOTT SMITH CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The ransom calls began soon after Carlos Marrón learned his…
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Politics
Egypt’s revolution: I saw the unimaginable happen
February 10, 2021 By Wael Hussein BBC News, Cairo On a quiet Tuesday, at the BBC Cairo office back in 2011,…
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Health
Congo working to stop new Ebola outbreak in country’s east
February 10, 2021 By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO BENI, Congo (AP) — Health officials in Congo confirmed another Ebola outbreak in…
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Politics
Sudan’s PM reshuffles Cabinet to add rebel ministers
February 9, 2021 By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday announced a Cabinet reshuffle…
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World
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti’s political strife has worsened
February 9, 2021 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Political strife in Haiti has deepened as opposition leaders and supporters claim that…
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Court
ICC officials in Sudan seek cooperation for Darfur justice
February 8, 2021 By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s justice minister has met with officials from the International Criminal…
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Business
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala set to make history at WTO
February 6, 2021 By Kunle Falayi BBC News, Lagos Having survived the murky waters of politics in Nigeria, where her…
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Politics
Burundi sentences 34 accused of coup attempt; all in exile
February 6, 2021 By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi has sentenced 34 people to life in prison…
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World
Shining a light on sexually exploited women and girls forced into crime
February 5, 2021 By UN News No clear-cut cases A 2017 criminal case in Canada, to take one example from…
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