BRUSSELS – The United States secured a victory at the World Trade Organization on Thursday in a case brought by China over U.S. measures to limit the import of solar panel cells.A three-person WTO panel rejected all four of China’s claims and said that…
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WHO Official: Africa to Miss COVID Inoculation Goal Because of Vaccine Hoarding
GENEVA – The World Health Organization reports Africa will fail to reach the global target of vaccinating 10% of vulnerable populations against COVID-19 in every country by the end of September.WHO’s regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, blam…
Read moreUN Study: Weather Disasters Increased Fivefold in Last 50 Years
A new report released Wednesday by the United Nations indicates extreme weather events have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, while the number of fatalities related to those events has dropped.Officials from the U.N.’s weather and climate agen…
Read moreFour Killed, Dozens Kidnapped in Eastern Congo Ambush
BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Four civilians were killed and dozens were taken hostage Wednesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when suspected Islamist militants ambushed a convoy and set fire to the vehicles, the government said. Congo…
Read moreThousands of Zimbabwean Teachers Strike Over COVID-19 Concerns
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe resumed in-classroom teaching this week, but thousands of teachers are protesting salaries that are below the poverty level and a lack of personal protective equipment against COVID-19. Zimbabwe’s Amalgamated Rural Teachers …
Read moreJohnson & Johnson’s HIV Vaccine Fails Mid-Stage Africa Study
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday its experimental vaccine failed to provide sufficient protection against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa to young women who accounted for a large number of infections last year.The results from the mid-stage study are the la…
Read moreRed Cross: 48,000 People Confirmed Missing Across Africa
NAIROBI – The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 48,000 people are missing across Africa, and at least 21,600 are minors. Most of the registered disappearances — widely believed to be a fraction of the continent’s wider, undocument…
Read moreDRC Court Upholds Rape Convictions of 19 Police, Soldiers
BUKAVU, D.R.C. – A Congolese military court has upheld the rape convictions of eight policemen and 11 soldiers, a court official told AFP Tuesday. The judgment, which was handed down on Monday, means they will serve between 12 months and 20 years in ja…
Read moreSuspected Militants Kill 19 in Eastern Congo Village
BENI, DR CONGO, – Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said. The attackers looted houses and started fires in Kasanzi-Kithovo near Virunga National Park…
Read moreProtests in South Sudan Fizzle Amid Security Presence, Internet Outage
Planned protests against South Sudan’s government failed to materialize Monday amid a heavy deployment of security forces in the capital, Juba, and a nationwide disruption of internet service.A coalition of activist groups had called for public demonst…
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