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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on February 2, 2022. “There is significant risk that

As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 242,151 and  9,946,755 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported

The United States has sanctioned Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, along with her nuclear family, for her involvement in significant corruption, marking the first public U.S. response to years of accusations of wrongdoing. According to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, dos

The European Parliament (EP) urged European Union states on Thursday to adopt asset freeze sanctions and a travel ban on Russian mercenary company, Wagner Group. In a resolution adopted 585-40 with 43 abstentions, EU lawmakers condemned in “the strongest terms the heinous

Countries all over the world rushed Friday to raise the alarm regarding a new coronavirus variant that was detected in South Africa and is considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found. Scientists are now racing to understand

Awoman or girl is being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes in the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly said Thursday. “In 2020, 47,000 women and girls worldwide died at

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday said it was alarmed by the attack on a court ahead of an appeal by the son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi against the rejection of his presidential election candidacy. On

The son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was