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The United Nations Human Rights Council has ordered an international investigation into human rights violations and further atrocities in the Ethiopian Tigray region. The Friday session, which was requested by the European Union, said violations committed during more than a year of conflict might amount to war crimes. A 100-page …

South African government said it is donating nearly two million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine to other African countries through African Vaccination Acquisition Trust (AVAT), to curb the spread of the virus. According to president Cyril Ramaphosa, the donation is a sign of solidarity to other African countries. “This …

Islamist militants are blamed of beheading a church leader in the Macomia district of the gas-rich northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, local media reported. Last Wednesday, a resident of Nova Zambézia village went to the district police command, carrying a bag that contained a human head belonging to her …

Fewer people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus appear to die or require hospital treatment than in earlier waves of the disease, South African health officials as confirmed. The South African health Minister Joe Phaahla said the data did not mean that Omicron was less virulent, but rather that …

Government in Ivory Coast said it had resumed political dialogues, interrupted after the sudden death of former Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, with opposition parties. Prime Minister Patrick Achi, who was leading the talks, said it was aimed at strengthening democracy and unity in the country. The local elections scheduled for …

Former Franco-Rwandan driver Claude Muhayimana has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in the massacres of Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was found guilty of complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity by a French court which condemned him. Mr Muhayimana who denied …

The European Union has called an urgent session of the UN Human Rights Council to investigate human rights violations and further atrocities in the Ethiopian Tigray region. The Friday session, which was requested by the European Union, will decide whether to appoint an international team to investigate violations that human …

Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared over, the ebola outbreak detected earlier in the eastern part of the country, in which six people out of 11 infected have died. Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani made the declaration after 42 days without any new infections. Only five days after …

A statement from the Malawian health ministry said all health workers and journalists should be vaccinated against covid-19 from January, as the government tries to boost its vaccination campaign amid a spike in cases. Official statistics show that about 641,000 people are fully vaccinated in Malawi. This amounts to just …

The United States has passed the milestone of 800,000 deaths linked to Covid-19, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The US newspaper, which has a database to follow the epidemic on the national territory, reports that more than 50 million cases have been reported in the country since the …