As reported by BBC News, Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their rollouts. There have been a number of cases in Europe of blood clots reported after the vaccine was administered. The UK …
Read More »AstraZeneca vaccine suspended in France for 24 hours
After Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland, Thailand, Ireland and Netherland and Germany, France also suspends Astrazeneca vaccines, but for 24 hours. Emmanuel Macron the French president announced this Monday, March 15, 2021, the suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in France. This decision was taken as a precaution while …
Read More »Bobi Wine released after brief arrest for protest
The Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi known as Bobi Wine has been released without charge following his arrest hours earlier during a protest. He was leading a team of his party’s MPs in the capital, Kampala, to complain about the arrest and disappearance of supporters, before and since January’s election, …
Read More »Congo villagers decapitated in militia attack
Militiamen have killed more than 10 people in a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, BBC News reports. The report says men armed with machetes attacked the village of Bulongo in North Kivu province in the middle of the night. Witnesses say they saw 12 bodies …
Read More »Germany in turn suspends AstraZeneca vaccines
After Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Iceland, Thailand, Ireland and Netherland, it is the turn of Germany to suspend AstraZeneca vaccines and follow the advice of its public vaccination institution. Investigations are being carried out in the country to determine whether the cases of thrombosis observed are related to injections of the …
Read More »Union for same-sex couples is a “sin and cannot be blessed”, warns vatican
The Holy See has confirmed the impossibility for homosexual couples to receive the sacraments of marriage. A clarification while Pope Francis had affirmed a few months ago his support for “civil unions” of people of the same sex. The Vatican reaffirmed Monday the doctrine of the Catholic Church considering homosexuality …
Read More »Kenyans angry over fuel price hikes
Kenyans are expressing their anger over fuel price hikes announced on Sunday in the latest adjustment by the energy regulator. The price of fuel in the country is determined by a government authority, which sets the maximum prices of each type of fuel. In computing the retail price, the Energy …
Read More »Bobi Wine arrested during protest over missing supporters
Ugandan politician and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested in the capital, Kampala. He was leading a team of MPs from his party, the National Unity Platform, in a protest against arrests and disappearances of supporters in the period leading up to, during, …
Read More »Somalia receives first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
Under the covax scheme, health authorities in Somalia received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. According to the health Ministry, people at highest risk of contracting the virus will be the first to receive vaccines, including health workers, the elderly and those with chronic health conditions. Official Press Release: …
Read More »Bobi Wine urges his supporters to be disciplined
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last night asked his supporters to be disciplined while pursuing civil disobedience, including peaceful demonstrations, over the January election results. According to the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), some of his supporters have internally targeted some party leaders who have …
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