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US Pushes For UN Security Council Action To End War In Sudan

  • February 29, 2024

The United States on Wednesday pushed for the United Nations Security Council to take action to help end a nearly year-long conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The United States says the warring parties have committed war crimes and the RSF and allied militias have also committed crimes against […]

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UN Urges Ghana Not To Pass Anti-LGBT Bill

  • February 29, 2024

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk yesterday said the passage in the Ghanaian Parliament of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” is profoundly disturbing. “The bill broadens the scope of criminal sanctions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual and queer people – simply for being who they are – […]

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Cholera Vaccine Stocks Run Out As Africa Battles Outbreaks

  • February 29, 2024

The vaccine shortage comes as southern Africa battles a protracted cholera outbreak which has killed 700 people in Zambia alone. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders said that the shortage has affected its teams trying to respond to outbreaks in more than 16 countries. Public health experts have urged manufacturers to speed up the production of […]

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Kenya: President Ruto Welcomes Abiy Ahmed In State Visit To Nairobi As Bilateral Ties Improve

  • February 29, 2024

Kenyan President William Ruto welcomed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Nairobi on Wednesday, in what is the Ethiopian leader’s first state visit to Kenya since 2020. Both leaders were expected to discuss amongst several issues Ethiopia’s negotiations with the breakaway region of Somaliland to secure access to a seaport. Ethiopia signed a memorandum of […]

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Senegal Panel Suggests Delayed Election Be Held In June

  • February 28, 2024

Senegal’s national dialogue commission will propose a delayed presidential election be held on June 2 and recommend President Macky Sall remain in office until his successor is sworn in, commission member Ndiawar Paye said on Tuesday. The West African nation, set to become an oil and gas producer by the end of the year, was […]