More Than 20% in Sudan Face Acute Hunger, WFP Says
June 5, 2021
GENEVA – The World Food Program is warning that 21% of Sudan’s 40 million population faces acute hunger and will need emergency assistance between June
June 5, 2021
Johnson to Call on G-7 to ‘Vaccinate World by 2022’
June 5, 2021
When the leaders of the world’s industrialized nations meet next week in Cornwall, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask them to commit to “vaccinate
Malawi Rolls Out Second Jab Amid Vaccine Hesitancy
June 5, 2021
BLANTRYE, MALAWI – Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera led a rollout Friday of a push for a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with a strong
Cameroon Battles Vaccine Hesitancy as Only 11% of Jabs Used
June 5, 2021
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Authorities in Cameroon are battling vaccine hesitancy with only eleven percent of doses received since April dispensed, most of them due to
Nigeria Suspends Twitter Over President’s Deleted Tweet
June 5, 2021
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Nigeria’s government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa’s most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a controversial
Armed Attackers Kill 132 Civilians in Burkina Faso Village Raid
June 5, 2021
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO – The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132, the government said
Sudan Rally Shows Lingering Anger Over 2019 Massacre
June 5, 2021
KHARTOUM – Thousands of protesters in Sudan’s capital demanded justice from the government this week over a 2019 massacre in Khartoum in which more than
Cameroon Women Appeal to the UN Security Council to Discuss Escalating Crises
June 5, 2021
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Female Cameroonian activists and opposition members have appealed to the United Nations Security Council, meeting Monday, to discuss possible solutions to escalating