UN Human Rights Chief Makes First Visit To Burkina Faso
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet addresses a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Dec. 1, 2021.
The United Nations’ human rights chief has called for increased efforts to protect the vulnerable in Burkina Faso’s growing conflict with Islamist ... Read More
UN Chief Denounces COVID ‘Travel Apartheid’ Against Sout...
António Guterres – UN Secretary-General
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that southern African nations that first detected the omicron COVID-19 variant are being collectively punished with travel restrictions, and he urged “common sense” to respond to the new variant.
"What's unacceptable ... Read More
Zimbabwe Announces 14-Day Quarantine, 9-Hour Curfew To Conta...
Zimbabwe has announced a nine-hour curfew and compulsory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country, to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Zimbabwe is the first country in southern Africa to enact such restrictions since ... Read More
Canadian MPs Vote To Ban LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy̵...
Canada's governing Liberals are moving ahead with plans for a national ban on conversion therapy
Canada's House of Commons has voted unanimously to ban so-called LGBT conversion therapy.
The legislation would make it illegal to have a child undergo the practice or ... Read More
Ethiopia Government Clamps Down on War Coverage
People hold papers showing messages of "No More" as they protest against purported fake news during the send-off ceremony for new military recruits who are joining the Ethiopian National Defence Force in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nov. 24, 2021.
Armed with placards ... Read More
Nigeria Confirms 3 Cases Of Coronavirus Omicron Variant
Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in two travelers from South Africa. But Canada had already reported cases of the variant in Canadians who had recently returned there from Nigeria. The infections raise ... Read More
World AIDS Day: Remarks by US Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan
Stephanie S. Sullivan - U.S. Ambassador to Ghana
Good Morning! I’m pleased to be here with you today to share this commemoration of World AIDS Day in La Dade-Kotopon. I’m especially glad to share the spotlight with all of you, ... Read More
Africans Will Get Wider Access To Vaccines In New Distributi...
Vaccine-short Africa is hopeful of getting more COVID-19 doses, as a South African pharmaceutical firm is close to being the first in Africa to distribute them for sale across the continent.
U.S.-based Johnson & Johnson says it could soon grant a ... Read More
Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict: Lalibela Retaken – G...
The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela are a Unesco world heritage site
Ethiopian troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela from Tigrayan rebels, the government has said.
This is the latest victory claimed by the government since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed went ... Read More
Covid Omicron: Time To Consider Mandatory Jabs, EU Chief Say...
Ursula von der Leyen said it was "appropriate" for EU states to consider compulsory jabs
European Union countries should consider mandatory vaccination to combat Covid and the Omicron variant, the head of its Commission has said.
Ursula von der Leyen said vaccines ... Read More