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 Turkey has withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention on women’s rights, world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, according to a presidential decree published Saturday in the official gazette. A woman holds a sign that reads “İpek Tekin could have been alive if Istanbul Convention was implemented” during a women’s rights protest […]

Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday as Tanzania’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from a heart condition called atrial fibrillation.Several past and current leaders were present as she took oath of office  to become the Sixth president.This was the first time Tanzania’s top leadership has changed hands without […]

French Prime Minister Jean Castex received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday in an event that was broadcast live on French TV as part of efforts to restore public confidence in the vaccine. French PM Jean Castex being vaccinated with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at the Hopital d’Instruction des Armées Bégin, in Saint-Mande, Paris, March 19, 2021. © Thomas […]

Turkish people wearing protective face masks walking at Galata bridge during coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 16, 2020. (Getty File Photo) Turkey reported more than 21,000 new coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry data released Friday. A total of 21,030 cases, including 934 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, the data […]

Mixed messaging and extreme caution from authorities around the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine could hurt immunisation rates across Europe and lead to more deaths from COVID-19, a drug safety expert told Euronews. MDr Anthony Cox speaking to Euronews ahead of the European Medicines Agency’s press conference on Thursday, 18th March, 2021.   –   Copyright  Euronews Concerns over reports of blood […]

The exterior of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday March 16, 2021.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to release on Thursday afternoon initial results of its investigations into whether there is a connection between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clots. The opinion of the EMA is hotly […]

Russia recalled its ambassador to the United States to Moscow for consultations on the future of US-Russia ties on Wednesday, shortly after President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin would “pay a price” for alleged election-meddling. mUS President Joe Biden (left) has quickly shown a harder line on Russian President Vladimir Putin than Trump did. © Jim […]

The late Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli  –   In a televised address on Thursday night, Tanzania vice-president Samia Suluhu Hassan said that Magufuli had died of heart complications. “It is with great regret that I inform you that today, 17 March 2021, at 18:00, we have lost our courageous leader, President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania,” […]

Other nations included in the plan include the United States, Germany, Australia and Greece. The new provision applies to people who wish to visit China for several types of non-tourism purposes. Travelers arrive with their luggage at the Beijing Capital International Airport following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China on Dec 30, 2020. […]

Violence broke out at Surulere Baptist School in Ilorin on Wednesday as Christian staff of the school defied the directive by the Kwara State government asking the ten mission schools closed down over hijab issue to resume classes. DAILY POST reports that the Muslim girls who resumed for classes in their hijab dress code were […]