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The conflict in Ethiopia is now five months old EDUARDO SOTERAS AFP Eritrea has acknowledged its troops are participating in the war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region but has vowed to pull them out amid mounting international pressure. The first explicit admission of Eritrea’s role in the fighting came in a letter posted online Friday night […]

Demonstrators raise their fists during an anti-military coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, April 17, 2021. (EPA Photo)  As Myanmar’s military still continues to detain and issue arrest warrants for anti-coup dissidents it announced Saturday that they are planning to release over 23,000 prisoners in the whole country. Myanmar typically grants an annual amnesty to thousands […]

Doctors prepare for work on a Covid-19 ICU ward in a Swedish hospital. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT  Several regions in Sweden have been forced to postpone planned healthcare while one in three currently have a “crisis deal” in place meaning up to 12-hour shifts for ICU staff as the pandemic once again puts severe pressure […]

Employees ducked for cover and hid under conveyor belts during the attack (Picture: AP) Several people have been shot by a gunman who went on a rampage at a Fedex facility before turning his weapon on himself. Police were called to reports of an active shooting at site near Indianapolis airport last night at around […]

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed into law an extension of his time in office after election talks broke down  President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed into law an extension of his time in office after election talks broke down Somalia has accused some of its foreign backers of undermining its sovereignty after the embattled […]

This image from Chicago Police Department body cam video shows the moment before Chicago Police officer Eric Stillman fatally shot Adam Toledo, 13, on March 29, 2021, in Chicago. (Chicago Police Department via AP) CHICAGO – Disturbing bodycam video released Thursday after public outcry over the Chicago police shooting of a 13-year-old boy shows the […]

April 14, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – The first Sudanese delegation to visit Israel will arrive in Tel Aviv on Friday or Saturday to coincide with the celebration of National Day. On Tuesday, Reuters unveiled that a Sudanese delegation will visit Israel next week for the first time after the normalization of bilateral relations under the Abraham […]

The World Health Organization expressed concern Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic could worsen in the Middle East and North Africa during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. A man arranges plates of food for iftar during the fasting month of Ramadan, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, April 14, 2021. (Reuters […]

Medical workers tend to a patient affected with the COVID-19 in the Amiens Picardie hospital, March 30, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Francois Mori  France is on Thursday expected to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. Around 297 fatalities were recorded on Wednesday in the country, bringing the total to 99,805. Over the previous week, an average […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Wednesday its jab did not cause blood clots, a potential side effect that has disrupted rollouts in several Western countries.  The United States has recommended pausing its rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after one person out of nearly seven million Americans died […]