The medical journal The Lancet published the results of a second malaria vaccine on Thursday, a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended a first vaccine. According to figures published in The Lancet, the R21 Matrix-M vaccine developed by scientists at Oxford University is between 70% and 80% effective …
Read More »‘She supported colonization’, How Twitter reacted to Queen Elizabeth II death
Reactions have multiplied on social networks after the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England at the age of 96. While the whole world mourns Queen Elizabeth II, other voices are rising to denounce atrocities she may have committed. This is the case of this tweet from a user who …
Read More »Angola: opposition calls for demonstration after top court’s final decision
Angola’s main opposition party, UNITA, calls on its activists for a big protest after the Constitutional Court on Thursday issued a final decision rejecting a complaint the party had filed seeking to overturn the results that gave victory to the MPLA in power. After the country’s most closely fought election, …
Read More »Prince Charles succeeds Queen Elizabeth II as UK King
Prince Charles becomes the new King of the United Kingdom after the death of Queen Elizabeth at the age of 96. The Queen died in Balmoral, Scotland, where she was staying for a few days off. Her son, Prince Charles, is heir to the throne. At 73, he thus automatically …
Read More »UK mourns Queen Elizabeth II
United Kingdom mourns its sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96, authorities announced Thursday afternoon. The Queen died in Balmoral, Scotland, where she was staying for a few days off. Shortly before that, her doctors had expressed their “concern” about her state of health. The Queen …
Read More »Mauritania: former leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz soon to face justice
Accused of illicit enrichment, receiving stolen goods, and money laundering during the ten years he was in power, former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was imprisoned in late June 2021, French media RFI reported. The former president was placed under house arrest in January due to health issues. The …
Read More »DR Congo: city of Butembo on high alert after bomb explosion
The commune of Bulengera in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on high alert after two people were injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday in the town of Butembo. Politico-military authorities in Butembo, a city of around one million people, said a local official from the National Intelligence Agency …
Read More »Brazil: Donald Trump calls for the re-election of President Bolsonaro
Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his “fullest support” to the re-election campaign of Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, whom he called a “great man”. “Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ as he is nicknamed, has done a great job for the wonderful people of Brazil,” …
Read More »The Gambia probes suspected drug syrup link to child deaths
Authorities in The Gambia are investigating a paracetamol syrup’s suspected link to the deaths of dozens of children from kidney failure. “Dozens of children have died in the last three months. Autopsies suggest the possibility of paracetamol,” the Reuters news agency quoted Mustapha Bittaye, the Gambia’s director of health services, …
Read More »ECHR condemns France for displaying a homosexual blood donor
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France on Thursday for violation of the right to privacy, after having kept data on a supposedly homosexual Frenchman, whose blood donation was repeatedly refused. The Court announced the examination of his request last year. It comes after the man had refused, during …
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