Tag: Africa

Marburg Springs Up in Africa One Week After NIAID Vaccine Touts Phase 1 Trial Results
An outbreak of the extremely dangerous Marburg Virus has appeared in Africa only a week after a National...

Facebook Hit With Class-action Lawsuit Seeking $2 Billion in Damages for Spreading Misinformation and
A new class-action lawsuit has been launched against Facebook accusing the social media giant of playing...

UN on Ethiopian Violence After 50 More Killed in Airstrike: ‘Saddening and Shocking’
United Nations spokesman referred to ongoing violence in Ethiopia as "saddening and shocking" on Wednesday...

Empty Shelves and Rising Prices Test Tunisians’ Patience
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular...

Over Seven Million in Desperate Need of Aid as Somalia Famine Risk Worsens
Parts of Somalia could be experiencing famine this September, the Food and Agriculture Organization...

1 in 4 Africans Face Food Insecurity as Continent Suffers Worst Crisis Since 2017
On April 5, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that almost a quarter of Africans...

China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ Falters as Beijing Runs Out of Funding
What started out as an ambitious plan to globalize itself is now slipping further out of reach for the...

China Eyeing First Atlantic Military Base in Africa
A report from a classified American intelligence source told The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 6 that China...

World Health Organization Endorses Use of World’s First Malaria Vaccine
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, The World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine,...

ISIS Leader in West Africa Killed in French Drone Strike
West Africa-based ISIS leader, Abnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, has died due to wounds inflicted by a French...

China’s Military Seeks to Establish Base on African Coast: Warning from US General
General Stephen Townsend, Chief of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), recently warned that Beijing is...

China’s Growing Military Might Alarms U.S. Officials, Modern Warfare Will Begin Silently
At a recent House Armed Services Committee congressional hearing, top American military officials warned...