Brazil: Daily average of COVID deaths passes under 1,000 mark | Coronavirus pandemic News
Brazil last registered a seven-day average of fewer than 1,000 COVID deaths in January at start of brutal second wave.…
Millions across US at risk of eviction as coronavirus surges | Housing News
Millions of people across the United States could be forced out of their homes as a nationwide moratorium on evictions…
Thompson-Herah leads Jamaican sweep in women’s Olympic 100m | Olympics News
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah wins gold in Tokyo 2020 women’s 100m final with the second-fastest time in history. Defending champion Elaine…
Tokyo’s daily COVID cases hit record high during Olympics | Coronavirus pandemic News
New infections in Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058, a day after Japan decided to extend states of…
Pegasus: Flying on the wings of Israeli ‘cyber-tech diplomacy’?
What role did Israel play in the spread of an insidious piece of malware? Plus, PR companies and controversial states.…
Nigeria’s Okagbare fails drugs test, suspended from Olympics | Olympics News
Sprinter provisionally suspended hours before she was due to run in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres. Nigerian sprinter…
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Biden meets with Cuban Americans as US imposes new Cuba sanctions | Joe Biden News
The administration says it is considering a range of additional options including providing internet access to Cubans. The Biden administration…
CFA franc reform has been delayed (yet again) to 2027
During the latest summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which took place in Accra in late…
Walmart, largest US employer, orders staff to vaccinate | Business and Economy News
The mandate covers all campus staff as well as market, regional and divisional employees, the retailer said. Walmart Inc., the…
The unsurprising appointment of Ggoobi to fix the economy
Ramathan Ggoobi, an economist at Makerere University, was recently appointed as Minister of Finance and Treasury. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni…
Four killed as wildfires sweep Turkey, force evacuations | Environment News
The death toll from wildfires in Turkey has risen to four as thousands of firefighters battle blazes for a third…
The Rockefeller Foundation to invest $150m in renewable energy
The Rockefeller Foundation and the IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group (WB), signed a partnership agreement…
Zimbabwe: ‘We went from an election environment to a war zone’ says ‘President’ filmmaker Nielsson
What looks like gripping thriller is in fact a documentary of Zimbabwe’s road to democracy through the lens of Camilla…
The 25th of July: Tunisia’s revolution, part 2? | Tunisia
A mere few days after President Kais Saied’s watershed announcement of “exceptional” measures, talk in Tunisia about whether or not…
Akufo-Addo needs new Inspector General to fight public perceptions of police as corrupt
The 51 year old joined the police service as a junior officer in 1991 and for 30 years, he has…
Japan expands state of emergency due to COVID surge | Coronavirus pandemic News
Japan has expanded the state of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka,…
China’s ‘eat bitter’ business model doesn’t work in Africa
Those who’ve followed the Africa-China discourse for a while will know that African workers’ complaints about their treatment by Chinese…
Why hasn’t the African Union intervened in Tigray?
This article was first published in Ethiopia Insight. The first phase had succeeded, to some extent, in crippling the Tigrayan…
Double blow: Bangladesh battles dengue outbreak amid COVID crisis | Coronavirus pandemic News
Dhaka, Bangladesh – A sharp spike in dengue cases is straining Bangladesh’s fragile healthcare system, which is already battered by…