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Military Air Raid In Tigray Kills 10, Including Children
Ethiopia’s military has reportedly carried out another air raid on the capital of the war-torn Tigray region killing ten people and wounding more than 20, according to hospital staff. The government of Ethiopia said the attack on Thursday, the latest in its campaign of air bombardments, hit a factory in Mekelle used by the Tigray…
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Ethiopia Declares State Of Emergency As Rebels Advance Capital
Ethiopia’s cabinet has declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent push to the capital. According to state-affiliated media, lawmakers are expected to approve the measure within 24 hours. “The state of emergency is aimed to protect civilians from atrocities being committed by the terrorist TPLF group…
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Climate Change: Global Temperature Rises To 2.7-Degree Celsius
The United Nations has again asked that G20 countries come through on their promise to reduce carbon pollution as the planet’s temperature rises to a catastrophic average of 2.7-degree Celsius in this century. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) urged countries to be more committed to greenhouse…
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Could Syringe Shortage Slow Down Vaccination Drive In Africa?
The United Nation’s fund for children, UNICEF, is predicting an “imminent shortfall” of up to 2.2 billion of the single-use syringes used for Covid-19 vaccination, a report that poses a huge problem for the vaccination drive in Africa. As vaccines begin to flood the continent, the WHO shared that the shortage of both single-use syringes…
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EU Blocks Funds To WHO in DRC Over Cases Of Sexual Abuse
The European Union has temporarily blocked funding for the WHO in the DRC, following several accounts of sexual abuse by employees of the organization in the central African country. The European Union’s executive in a statement last Friday said it “has temporarily suspended the payments and will refrain from awarding new funding related to the…
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Over 1 Million People In Madagascar In Need Of Urgent Relief
Amnesty International has asked the world and Madagascar’s government to step up relief efforts for over a million people affected by drought in southern Madagascar. More than a million people on Madagascar’s parched southern tip are on the brink of famine and some are already dying, the global rights watchdog said in a report on…
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Kenya To Convert Oil Plants To Liquified Natural Gas By 2030
Kenya has committed to convert heavy fuel oil-fired power plants to liquefied natural gas by 2030 as the nation pursues a cleaner energy path to a 100% climate-friendly grid. State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Co., or KenGen, is conducting a feasibility study on reconfiguring the thermal power plants that currently account for about 7% of the…
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700,000 People Affected By Floods In South Sudan
The worst flooding that parts of South Sudan have seen in 60 years now drowns the homes of 700,000 people, according to the UN’s latest reports. This is the third straight year of extreme flooding in South Sudan, further imperilling the livelihoods of many of the 11 million people in the world’s youngest country. A…
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Sudanese Army Dissolves Interim Government
Sudan’s top general has dissolved all authorities leading the country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders on Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in charge of…
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Everything To Know About The COVID Subvariant Strain “Delta Plus”
A new Delta subvariant COVID-19 strain has been designated a “Variant Under Investigation” by the U.K., as new evidence suggests it may be 15% more transmissible compared to the Delta variant. Is this sub-variant more transmissible than Delta? According to the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the strain which has two mutations that strengthen its transmissibility, does…