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EU Agency Advises People to Get Second Dose Of AstraZeneca Despite Rare Risk of Blood Clots
The European Medicines Agency has advised people who have received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to get the second one despite the rare risk of blood clots that
Arsenal Lose to Everton After Fans Protest Super League Involvement
Arsenal fell at home to Everton 1-0 in the Premier League on Friday. The match, however, was overshadowed by what took place outside of the Emirates, as several hundred Arsenal
Nigeria: Three Kidnapped Kaduna University Students Found Dead, State Official Says
Three of the abducted students from Greenfield University in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state have been found dead. Armed bandits on Tuesday night kidnapped an unspecified number of students at the
Tanzanian President Set to Hold Dialogue With Opposition Leaders
President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania says she intends to meet leaders of the country’s opposition political parties for deliberations on a way forward on the country’s political direction. In
Uganda’s Opposition Figure Bobi Wine Gets $166,700 Tax Bill For Armoured Car
Popular Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has been ordered to pay $166,700 in taxes for an armoured car donated to him by his supporters living
Chad Holds Funeral for Slain President Idriss Deby
A funeral ceremony for late President Idriss Deby has been held in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. Thousands of people paid their respect to the leader who died of wounds sustained while
More Than 100 Migrants Feared Dead as Boat Capsizes Off Libya
More than 100 migrants and refugees are feared to have drowned after a rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya, a rescue charity said, adding there was little hope
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny to End Hunger Strike After More Than Three Weeks
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at
Coronavirus Reaches Mount Everest as Climber Tests Positive
A Norwegian climber hoping to summit Mount Everest has tested positive for Covid-19, in a blow to Nepal’s hopes for a mountaineering season on the world’s highest peak. The pandemic
Potential Breakthrough in Fight Against Malaria as Oxford Vaccine Shows 77% Efficacy in Early Trials
Scientists in the UK have developed the world’s most effective malaria vaccine with 77 percent efficacy against the disease. Researchers at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University and their partners,
