LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria has granted provisional approval to Oxford University’s R21 malaria vaccine, its medicines regulator said on Monday, making it the second country to do so after Ghana last week. The approvals are unusual as they have come before the publication of final-stage trial data for the vaccine. “A provisional approval of the R21 …
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(This April 15 story has been refiled to correct the date in the advisory, attribute the case count to WHO and remove reference to six new cases in the headline) (Reuters) – Six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of Marburg disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, bringing the total number to 15, the World Health Organization …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday there is a “shared deep concern” among allies about the fighting in Sudan and a view that it should stop immediately and the sides return to talks. Fighting erupted in Sudan on Saturday between army units and a rival paramilitary force, with at …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army appeared to gain the upper hand on Sunday in a bloody power struggle with rival paramilitary forces, pounding their bases with air strikes, said witnesses. At least 97 civilians had been killed and 365 injured since the fighting in Sudan started, said one doctor’s …
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Cairo (Reuters) – Three thousand Al-Ahly fans have been suspended for two games for shouting “insults” against Zamalek and Egypt player Shikabala during the team’s last game against Pharco, the Egyptian Football Premier League (EPL) said on Sunday. Even though league leaders Al-Ahly were not playing Zamalek on Friday, their three thousand fans in attendance …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar Airways announced the suspension of its flights to Sudan due to the closure of Khartoum International Airport, Qatar News Agency said on Sunday. Fighting erupted on Saturday between army units loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Sunday it had temporarily halted all operations in Sudan after three of its employees were killed in clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a day earlier. “While we review the evolving security situation, we are forced to …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan state television cut its transmission on Sunday afternoon, a move that employees said was aimed at preventing the broadcast of propaganda by a paramilitary force that was battling the army for control of the capital. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had taken control of state TV and other strategic …
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Below is a timeline of Sudan’s political upheavals in recent years, as the country is convulsed by fighting between the army and the main paramilitary group: Dec. 19, 2018 – Hundreds protest in the northern city of Atbara against soaring bread prices. Demonstrations spurred by a broader economic crisis quickly spread to …
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s President William Ruto asked the opposition on Sunday to give talks with the government a chance while his main opponent urged his followers to protest again over electoral reforms and the high cost of living. Thousands participated in three days of protests over two weeks in late March marred by clashes …
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