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Medical Supplies Platform Gives African Countries Buying Power
ADF STAFF
The African Union has announced the launch of a one-stop online shop that will help countries buy much-needed medical equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Africa Medical Supplies Platform lists cost-effective testing…
Malawian Court Locks up Traffickers Tied to Wildlife Ring
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A Malawian court sentenced members of a trafficking ring to a total of 56 years in prison for selling wildlife parts.
The nine convicted traffickers were part of the Lin-Zhang crime syndicate and included seven…
Côte d’Ivoire Captures Extremist Leader
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Ivoirian forces captured an extremist leader and a large number of fighters responsible for an attack on a border post.
Defence Minister Hamed Bakayoko did not name the suspected terrorist but said he was…
All-Female Air Force Team Makes History in Nigeria
ADF STAFF
After a push to recruit and train more female pilots, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) announced it had conducted an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission led entirely by a female team. The mission, which used…
South Sudan Working to Vaccinate
VOICE OF AMERICA
Shejirina Moni sits beside her children in front of their makeshift home in Juba, South Sudan’s capital. Six of her children have died of various illnesses. She has three surviving.
“The first one died at 9 months,”…
‘Train of Hope’ Fights Virus in Countryside
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Dozens of locals line up eagerly as the train heaves to a halt at a station in a remote rural region of South Africa’s coastal Eastern Cape province.
The so-called Train of Hope has come to provide COVID-19…