London – 16 February 2022: MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, today announces that it has joined the Pan-African Payment and...
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BRUSSELS - African Union countries will seek backing to lift patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines this week but there are few signs that...
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NEW YORK - Somalia’s leaders must put aside their differences and urgently conclude a credible election process, the UN’s senior official in the...
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LONDON - Fighters affiliated with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) deliberately killed dozens of people, gang-raped dozens of women and...
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