https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/ap-images/2020/12/5a40c292f75e723b2a9588e8915161f4.jpg?imwidth=800Nigeria may be on the verge of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister warned Thursday, as another official said the country expects to roll out a vaccine by April next year. Osagie Ehanire, speaking at a news
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shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images In what has been called a “landmark judgment”, four women subjected to sexual assault in the violence that followed Kenya’s disputed 2007 election are set to receive compensation.
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shareSharenocloseShare pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images Prominent Black Lives Matters activists and celebrities have written to Nigeria’s president demanding justice over the treatment of people during protests against police brutality. The group, which
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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2019–04/E257CFB8-982A-4980-BD53-6F9FBF973F5F.jpg?imwidth=800A U.N. official says Sudan is at a critical juncture as it transitions to a democracy and needs the support of the international community to overcome its myriad economic challenges. Rosemary DiCarlo, U.N. undersecretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs on
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A move to scrap the governing coalition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has triggered a political crisis.
https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–10/2018–10–08T164838Z_925536943_RC1856213960_RTRMADP_3_CAMEROON-ELECTION.JPG?imwidth=800YAOUNDE — Hundreds of supporters of Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto have gathered at his home after his months-long de facto house arrest suddenly ended. Heavily armed police stationed at his home since September 22 left on Tuesday, but authorities
Ethiopia says it ‘doesn’t need a babysitter’ as it dismisses calls for independent probes into the month-long conflict.
Nine out of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against coronavirus next year.
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/global_south_africa_cape_town_port.jpg?w=320In ancient times, debt jubilees were customary after wars or dramatic events. By wiping out debts, these jubilees sought to avoid polarization and social tensions. Today, the massive dislocations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic provide justification for the international community
https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/ap-images/2020/12/1fdb2449d036bac43b9cb6ff37938f86.jpg?imwidth=800Morocco is gearing up for an ambitious COVID-19 vaccination program, aiming to vaccinate 80% of its adults in an operation starting this month that’s relying initially on a Chinese vaccine that has not yet completed advanced trials to prove it