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June 19, 2022
Ukraine War Maybe 'Years' - NATO Chief

NATO's chief warned that the war in Ukraine could last "for years" as President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Sunday his forces would not give up the south of the country to Russia after he visited the frontline there.
June 17, 2022
WTO OKs COVID Vax Patent Lift

The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to temporarily lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines after two years of bruising negotiations, but experts expressed skepticism that the deal will have a major impact on global vaccination inequality.
June 17, 2022
Goma M23 Capture Target: UN Advisors

Independent experts reporting to the UN on DR Congo said Friday that M23 rebels planned to capture the eastern city of Goma to extract political concessions.
June 17, 2022
Nigeria Poll May Point to Presidential Winner

Voters in southwestern Nigeria's Ekiti state will go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new governor in what could be a bellwether for who wins next year's presidential election.
June 17, 2022
More Blood on DRC-Rwanda Border

A DR Congo soldier was killed in the country's flashpoint eastern region on Friday in an exchange of fire at a border post with neighboring Rwanda, police said.
June 16, 2022
Tunisia Walks Out on Saied

Tunisia's main trade union confederation, the UGTT, initiated a nationwide strike Thursday, grounding flights, shutting government offices, and stopping public transit, among many other actions. The actions piled pressure on President Kais Saied, already facing a string of crises.
June 16, 2022
Nigeria Frees "Sex Slave" Teens

Nigerian police say they have rescued 35 teenage girls from a hotel where they were used as sex slaves and then forced to give birth and sell their babies.
June 16, 2022
Tanzania Moves Masai From Ngorongoro

Tanzania on Thursday began relocating Maasai pastoralists from the famed Ngorongoro conservation area in a move that rights campaigners described as unlawful evictions.
June 15, 2022
Buffalo Accused Black Killer Faces Federal Hate Charges

The US Justice Department has announced federal hate crimes charges against white supremacist Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old who shot dead 10 Black Americans at a Buffalo, New York supermarket on May 14.
June 14, 2022
Monkeypox May Be Deemed Global Threat: WHO

The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.
June 14, 2022
Ghana Cops Benched After Scattering Students

Ghana police said a deputy commander and two officers have been suspended after the dispersal of a student demonstration turned violent sending 38 protesters to hospital.
June 14, 2022
Mozambique Insurgents Strike Again

At least three people have been killed in clashes with suspected Islamist insurgents in northern Mozambique, including two employees of Australian mining firm Triton Minerals, according to new tolls issued on Tuesday.
June 14, 2022
UK: It's Right To Have One-Way Flights

The UK government on Tuesday defended its controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, even as the entire senior leadership of the Church of England branded it shameful and immoral.
June 14, 2022
Rwanda Survivors Hail Kabuga Trial

Rwanda's genocide survivors on Tuesday hailed a UN tribunal's decision to put Felicien Kabuga on trial, after his lawyers failed to halt proceedings against the 87-year-old on health grounds.
June 14, 2022
More Burkina Faso Bloodshed

Reuters now reports armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso close to the border with Niger over the weekend, a security source said Tuesday. Earlier reports put the death toll at 79.
June 14, 2022
UN Calls for South Sudan Food Funding

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday appealed for $426 million to stave off famine in South Sudan, where millions face hunger as a result of conflict and floods.
June 14, 2022
More Darfur Deaths in Ethnic Clashes

The United Nations reported Tuesday that the death toll from recent clashes between Arab and non-Arab groups in Sudan's restive Darfur region has exceeded 125.
June 13, 2022
Nigeria Kidnapping Wave Continues

Gunmen kidnapped 30 wedding guests in northwest Nigeria over the weekend, two sources told AFP Monday, the latest in a surge of mass abductions hitting the region.
June 13, 2022
Russia-Ukraine Clash Disrupting World Markets: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Monday said the world trading system was being battered by an inflationary wave and the cascading impacts on the global economy from the Ukraine war.
June 12, 2022
Health And Safety Fundamental Rights: ILO

The International Labor Organization has elevated occupational health and safety to the status of a "fundamental right" for the world's workers, a "historic" decision that will mean new obligations for member states.

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