January 21, 2022
Shipwreck leaves four Tunisia migrants dead, seven missing
Published by Al-Araby Four Tunisians, including a young girl, have died and seven others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the country’s central city of Sfax, the authorities said Friday. The boat had set off from Tunisia on Wednesday and went down overnight near the islands of Kerkennah, National Guard spokesman Houssem Eddine Jebabli told AFP. “According to witnesses, there were 32 migrants on board, all of them Tunisians,” he said, adding: “We rescued 21 and quickly recovered a first body.” The coast guard later found three other bodies, including that of a girl aged about 10,
China Exports Its Traditional Medicine to Africa
Hing Pal Singh is among dozens of patients with daily appointments at the Oriental Chinese Herbal Clinic in Nairobi.Singh, 85, has been suffering from spinal problems for five years and is now trying herbal remedies.“There is a slight difference,” Sing…
Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for US Federal Workers
A federal judge on Friday issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting the enforcement of U.S. President Joe Biden’s requirement that federal workers be vaccinated.Biden announced the mandate, which required 3.5 million federal workers to be vaccinated o…