Militants own up for Somali hotel bomb and gunfire
ABDI SHEIKH and FEISAL OMAR A suspected suicide car bomb exploded on Sunday in Somalia’s capital and was followed by
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Month: January 2021
More than 200,000 flee conflict in C.A.R
EMMA FARGE MORE than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since violence erupted over a
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Hundreds of Tunisians protest about police abuse
HUNDREDS of Tunisians marched in the capital yesterday to protest against police abuses they say are endangering freedoms won in
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Senegal’s dead pelicans test positive for bird flu
SOME 750 pelicans found dead in a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Senegal last week have tested positive for
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Botswana investigates 11 new elephant deaths
BRIAN BENZA BOTSWANA is investigating the deaths of 11 elephants at one of its game reserves, months after hundreds of
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10 facts about the most dangerous diseases you’ve never heard of
NITA BHALLA AS the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host
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How to own the ‘menstrual economy’
LISA WITEPSKI ACCESS to sanitary pads continues to be a major challenge for many South African women – but one
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No poison in president’s envelope
A suspicious envelope sent this week to Tunisia’s Presidency did not contain any toxic, narcotic, dangerous or explosive substance, the
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Algeria launches coronavirus vaccination campaign
ALGERIA yesterday launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, the
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Novavax to produce 150 million vaccine doses per month
LUDWIG BURGER NOVAVAX expects to produce up to 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses monthly by May or June, its chief
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