Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty Friday
A majority of MPs voted in favor of an amendment abolishing the death penalty, according to an AFP journalist who
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Sydney’s fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a “national emergency
Admitting a month-long lockdown had failed to stop a Delta-variant outbreak, the state of New South Wales pleaded for Canberra
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With the Delta variant pushing US Covid cases back up
Covid vaccines remain extremely effective against the worst outcomes of the disease — hospitalization and death — and breakthrough infections
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The police in Edo State on Friday rescued an 11-year-old boy from kidnappers
This followed a report received by the Ososo Divisional Headquarters that the victim was abducted at Ososo in Akoko Edo
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Police Command have foiled a kidnap attempt on travellers along Jibia-Batsari road
The rescued victims include six females and two males while three others are, however, still missing. The police spokesperson, Gambo
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Madagascar said on Thursday it had foiled an attempt to assassinate various Malagasy figures, amongst which President Andry Rajoelina
Six people, two of them French nationals according to diplomatic sources, have been arrested. “According to all the investigations we
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Haiti’s first lady Martine Moïse made her first public appearance since arriving in the northern coastal city
In the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien during a small private ceremony, in memory of her husband and slain President
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Burkina Faso received on Tuesday night a shipment of more than 150,000 Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines doses
A gift from the U.S. through the Covax initiative, that should help speed up vaccination in Burkina Faso which like
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North African nation even as medics battle the coronavirus
According to AFP data, 1.4 deaths per 100,000 residents have been recorded per day in the last week. At Tunisia’s
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Pharmacists in Nigeria have lamented the impact of COVID-19 on the pharmaceutical sector
The pharmacists said 65 per cent of pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products being used in the country were imported
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