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Tensions between the government and rebel forces have continued to increase in the Central African Republic where three UN peacekeepers were recently killed. The UN said unidentified combatants carried out two attacks, leaving two other peacekeepers injured. The group was stationed in CAR to quell violence ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections that are to take place on Sunday. Current ...

An attack by gunmen in western Benishangul-Gumuz in Ethiopia on Wednesday leftover 100 people dead according to the human rights commission. Residents of the region have since been forced to flee the latest deadly assault in an area bedeviled by ethnic violence. In a statement from a state-run media agency, the attack occurred in the village of Bekoji in Bulen ...

A shooting in Central France has left three police officers dead and the fourth severely injured, France’s Gendarmerie national police force has confirmed this morning. The shooting happened just after midnight in the village of Puy-de-Dôme. Police officers were rescuing a woman during a domestic violence incident in a hamlet, according to local news outlets. What happened in Puy-de-Dome? The woman ...

Starting on Wednesday, Dubai plans to start a free vaccination campaign using the coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. ‘’Extensive vaccination campaign against Covid-19 kicks off in Dubai on Wednesday. Vaccination will use Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine and is free of charge,’’ the city’s media office tweeted. The two medicine companies have recently reported that their vaccines are 95% ...

Countries across Europe have made a move to lock the U.K. out as a mutated strain of the coronavirus broke out in London recently. The U.K. plunged into Christmas chaos after police blocked people from boarding packed trains and scrapping holidays abroad. Also, the banning of travel around Europe after London went into an emergency lockdown brought about unrest. France ...