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Palestinian activists and rights groups have called on Israeli authorities to release Khalida Jarrar, 58, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has been in and out of Israeli prison in recent years. Israel refused

A new global campaign illustrates the centrality of data to sustainable development  The international data, statistics and development communities have united within the global campaign, Data for Change, to demonstrate how more and better data and statistics are an accelerator for

Tanzania’s soft-spoken Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday was sworn in as the East African country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim woman from the

David Satterfield, the United States ambassador to Turkey, has affirmed that the U.S. holds the PKK terrorist group responsible for the recent cave massacre in northern Iraq, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense (MSB) said in a statement late Monday. In

Ghana is now recording at least 200 cases of Coronavirus on a daily basis. President Akufo-Addo in his recent address to the nation, stated that the number of patients requiring hospitalisation and intensive care is rising. Describing Ghana’s current COVID-19 status as worrying,

Dr. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren, the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana is advocating for active participation of Ghanaian businesses in an upcoming Ghana-Turkey Trade Mission webinar which seeks to boost trade between the two countries. The four-day event to be held within the

Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections Thursday, the internet giant told AFP on Monday. The East African nation is holding presidential and parliamentary elections after

The U.S. National Park Service said on Monday it has closed the Washington Monument through Jan. 24 due to continuing threats, from groups involved in last week’s pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration.