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Controversies on polio vaccine surge as new cases rise
Agence France-Presse . Libreville | Updated at 01:02pm on September 19, 2020
As scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine to stem the spread of COVID-19, another deadly disease, polio, has become the latest target...
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Around 100 million hectares of forestland decreased globally: UN
Agence France-Presse . Paris, France | Updated at 04:28pm on September 16, 2020
The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before, a...
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Section of foreigners in Bangladesh involved in fraud
Iqbal Mahmud | Updated at 11:29pm on August 22, 2020
A section of foreigners in Bangladesh, mostly from African countries, are involved in different crimes including online fraud and human trafficking with the help of...
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Mali wakes up to military rule after president forced out
Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 01:05am on August 20, 2020
Mali awoke on Wednesday to a new chapter in its troubled history after rebel military leaders forced president Boubacar Keita from office, prompting its West...
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French aid workers among eight killed by gunmen in Niger
Agence France-Presse. Koure, Niger | Updated at 11:09am on August 10, 2020
Gunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French aid workers as they visited a part of Niger popular with tourists for its...
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Beyonce urges charges against police in Breonna Taylor death
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:06pm on June 16, 2020
Beyonce made an impassioned appeal for justice Monday in the case of Breonna Taylor, the African American woman shot dead by plainclothes police as she...
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Coronavirus impact could kill 50,000 children in ME, NA: UN
Agence France-Presse . Amman | Updated at 12:37am on June 16, 2020
UN agencies warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to the deaths of an additional 51,000 under-fives in the Middle East and North Africa...
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First two UN peacekeepers die of coronavirus
Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 01:57pm on May 30, 2020
Two UN peacekeepers in Mali have died from the coronavirus, officials said Friday. Out of the some 100,000 UN troops deployed on about 15 different...
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Guterres warns coronavirus could bring Africa into ‘extreme poverty’
Agence France-Presse . United Nations, United States | Updated at 02:05pm on May 20, 2020
The United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned that millions of people could be pushed into extreme poverty in Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic and...
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Coronavirus could infect 200m in Africa: WHO
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:10pm on May 15, 2020
The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says...
