Category: Foreign
US charges Chinese spies for global hacking campaign targeted at COVID-19 vaccine research
U.S. prosecutors have charged two wanted Chinese spies linked to Beijing for their alleged involvement in a global hacking operation that targeted hun [...]
US Secures 100m doses of potential coronavirus vaccine for $1.95bn
The US government has agreed to pay $1.95 billion (1.68 billion euros) to secure 100 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed [...]
Hospitals in Madagascar overwhelmed by Coronavirus surge
Hospital officials in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo say they are struggling to cope with a rush of coronavirus patients despite the distribu [...]
Colombian cartels executing defaulters of coronavirus lockdown orders
Experts from the campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) have revealed that ruthless Colombian cartels are executing those who break their coronavirus [...]
Gabon appoints first female prime minister
Rose Raponda has been appointed the Prime Minister of Gabon, in accordance with a presidential decree read by the Secretary-General of the Presidency, [...]
Two Madagascar lawmakers die of COVID-19
Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar, has said that two of the island nation’s lawmakers have died of Coronavirus. He said one member of the Senat [...]
Covid-19: Russia completes human trials of vaccine
After Brazil was the first emerging market to get a test drive of the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine, it’s Russia that is the first to complete [...]
Melania Trump statue burned in her native Slovenia
The US artist behind a wooden statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia said Thursday that he was mulling an “artistic response” after his work was burned d [...]
19 Covid-19 vaccines in clinical trials – WHO
The World Health Organisation says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials.
WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzav [...]
Ghana reopens 600 Nigerian businesses
Over six hundred shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Ghana had been re-opened to business by the Ghanaian government, according to the President, N [...]