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Biden confirms health team to battle COVID-19 pandemic in U.S.

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as secretary of health and human services and also named…

Pope Francis set to make history with Iraqi visit

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

he Vatican press office on Monday announced that Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March next year, the first…

125 ECOWAS observers to monitor Ghana elections

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5 years ago

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Monday it had deployed a 125-member mission to Ghana to…

Venezuelan elections: President Maduro claims victory

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5 years ago

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the opposition.

Mystery illness hits South India

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5 years ago

About 340 people have been hospitalised due to an unidentified illness in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

COVID-19: Vaccines from China in good condition – Indonesian minister

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5 years ago

Indonesian Health Minister, Terawan Agus Putranto on Monday said the COVID-19 vaccines from China were in good condition upon arrival…

Egyptian develops robot to test for COVID-19

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5 years ago

Mahmoud el-Komy, a 27-year-old Egyptian mechatronic engineer develops a robot to carry out COVID-19 testing

Biden set to unveil health team this week

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5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services…

Akufo-Addo or John Mahama? Voting starts in Ghana

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5 years ago

Polls officially opened on Monday in Ghana in presidential and parliamentary elections under strict COVID-19 protocols.

No woman wins seat in Kuwaiti poll, opposition gains

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5 years ago

No woman was elected into Kuwaiti parliament on Sunday, but opposition candidates made gains in the election, in which two…

Britain set to roll out Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this week

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5 years ago

Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Tuesday this week.

Trump says his lawyer Rudy Giuliani has COVID

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5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, has contracted COVID-19.

Magigwane Shope South Africa’s ambassador to Senegal dies

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5 years ago

South Africa’s ambassador to Senegal, Lenin Magigwane Shope, has died after an undisclosed illness in Dakar.

California begins 21-day lockdown to tame COVID-19: Details

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5 years ago

Amid COVID-19 surge, the vast region of the U.S. state of California will enter a new lockdown on Sunday night.…

UN applauds Nigeria’s role in anti-piracy war

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialised agency of the UN responsible for regulating shipping, has extolled Nigeria’s leadership role…

Ex-Congolese President Joseph Kabila barred from travelling

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The flight of Joseph Kabila, former President of the DRC and leader of the Common Front for Congo (FCC) party,…

Queen Elizabeth will take COVID-19 vaccine, then leave seclusion

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5 years ago

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip will take the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and will “let it be known”…

Mali coup leader Malick Diaw heads 121-member council

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5 years ago

Colonel Malick Diaw, a mastermind of the August coup in Mali was named on Saturday to lead a new transitional…

Maid from hell: Mixes master’s food with urine, menstrual blood

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5 years ago

A 43 year-old maid faces up to a year in jail for mixing her employer's family food with her urine…

Trump signs anti-doping act into law

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5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law on Friday a bill that lets U.S. justice officials pursue criminal penalties against…

US cancels five cultural exchange programmes with China

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5 years ago

The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programmes with China, calling them “soft power…

Indian health minister tests positive for COVID-19 after vaccine trial dose

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5 years ago

Health Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana Anil Vij, who was given a trial dose of a Coronavirus…

Ghanaians confident of peaceful general elections

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5 years ago

As Ghana’s Dec. 7 general elections approach, the majority of people have expressed confidence that voting will be held peacefully.

Trump raises $207m for election suits going nowhere

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5 years ago

Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee have so far raised at least $207.5 million since Election Day, to…

Kuwaitis go to polls amid tough economy

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5 years ago

Kuwaitis vote in legislative polls on Saturday as the Gulf state faces its worst economic crisis in decades, posing a…

U.S. judge slaps Trump over DACA, gives joy to immigrants

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5 years ago

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s administration, a New York judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to reopen…

Benin sets up electricity production company

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5 years ago

Benin has set up an electricity production company, called Beninese Electricity Production Company (SBPE), to achieve its dream of energy…

2020 Ghana elections: Two main candidates sign peace pact

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5 years ago

The two main candidates in Ghana’s 7 December presidential election have committed to a peaceful vote by signing a peace…

Qatar, Saudi Arabia and allies may soon end dispute

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5 years ago

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed “within reach”.

Trump recalls U.S. troops in Somalia

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5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of majority of American troops from Somalia, the Department of Defence said…

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