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President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad has just died after re-election as president. Information making rounds is that he has died of injuries he sustained on the battlefield. Apparently, he was commanding his army against rebels in the north. This was announced by General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, the army spokesperson. The 68year old man was heading for his 6th term ...

South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60,000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The rollout of the vaccines has been hampered by public scepticism, a health ministry official said Monday. The African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union donated the vaccines late last month. “When it reached here, we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine ...

In over a year, travel between Australia and New Zealand had been strictly prohibited due to the covid-19 pandemic. However, the travel bubble they recently activated between the two countries has allowed citizens to fly without the fear of having to undergo quarantine first, according to BBC news. Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport on Monday as residents from Australia were ...

An ‘out of control’ fire is burning wildly in Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park. It has damaged buildings and has forced hikers to evacuate from the city’s most famous landmark, South African officials said on Sunday. During the fight to put the fire out, two firefighters were injured and admitted to the hospital. In an email on Sunday, the ...

A Catholic priest has, after falling in love for the first time in his life, told his parishioners that he can no longer continue to serve them in the ways of the church. His reason was that his heart is in love. The 42-year-old priest named Riccardo Ceccobelli made this statement on Sunday, April 11. He intimated that he will ...