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The United States on Thursday saluted Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Uganda for agreeing to take in Afghans being evacuated in a major airlift after the Taliban victory. On Tuesday, Ugandan governement by the recommandation of the United States has accpeted to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees. Uganda is the …

Eleven soldiers in Mali have been killed during an ambush on a convoy in the central Mopti region, the military says. A statement said nine other soldiers were seriously injured when a car bomb was detonated and the convoy was then targeted with heavy gunfire. A Malian officer described the …

In order to curb the spread of the Delta variant, authorities in South Africa have decided on Friday to include 18-34 years olds on the list of people allowed to take the jab. They can now be vaccinated against coronavirus pandemic The vaccination age in South Africa has now been …

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has once again called for an immediate ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, where government forces and rebel fighters have been locked in conflict since November. After the UN Secretary General has called the humanitarian conditions in Tigray “hellish” he also said aid …

They are now classified as “countries where the virus is circulating quite actively with variants of concern”. Algeria and Morocco will be placed on the red list by France. The two countries were until now placed on the orange list, they were then considered as territories “where the circulation of …

As a prelude to the African basketball championship which begins on Tuesday, August 24, the Rwandan basketball federation has decided to limit access to the stadium to supporters. Entry into the Kigali Arena to attend the African basketball championship will be conditioned by the presentation of a vaccination record. This …

It is a good news for Mauritius lawyer Pramila Patten: she has been appointed the officer-in-charge of UN Women. The agency’s purpose is to promote equality among sexes. Her role will be to oversee the transition at the agency as it finds a successor to South Africa’s Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, whose …

The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo said it intends to make sign language, the fifth official language, adding to Swahili, Lingala, Kituba and Tshiluba. It will be formally taught in schools to help people who rely on sign language to access government services more easily. “It’s a community …

A conservation organisation in Tanzania is still looking into the mauling of children by a lion near the Ngorongoro wildlife park nearly three weeks ago, Anadolu agency reports. Three children were killed and one was injured as they ventured into the forest to trace their cattle. William Ole Seki of …

After an investigation into the killing of man falsely accused of starting wildfires, Algeria has decided to review its relations with Morocco, accusing its neighbour of hostile acts. “The repeated hostile acts committed by Morocco against Algeria require a review of our relations and the intensification of border controls,” the …