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Botswana’s Health Minister Edwin Dikoloti briefs reporters on the progress of COVID-19 vaccination and the new variant in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city, on December 8, 2021. At least 25 cases of the Omicron variant have been discovered in Botswana, a health official said Wednesday. (Photo by …
FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers standing guard near Timbuktu’s airport in Mali, February 4, 2016. /VCG Photo) Seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed on Wednesday when a logistical convoy struck an explosive device in central Mali, the UN mission MINUSMA said. “The initial toll is seven dead and three seriously injured,” …
Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore. /Getty Images Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore fired his prime minister on Wednesday amid an escalating security crisis that has killed thousands and led to street protests calling for his ouster. Kabore has been under pressure to make changes and has already reshuffled his army leadership. His …
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France’s top diplomat sought to smooth over a months-long crisis with Algeria that stirred up colonial-era tensions, paying a visit Wednesday to Algiers, where the countries agreed to resume cooperation toward peace in Libya and on other international issues.
Standing alongside his tense-looking counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, French Foreign …
Citizens receive COVID-19 vaccine at the Diepsloot Taxi Rank Pop-Up Vaccination Site on September 29, 2021, in Diepsloot, South Africa. /Gallo Images via Getty Images South Africa has approved the use of a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday as the country battles a fourth wave of the pandemic …
