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May 30, 2021

Bomb Kills 2 CAR Police Officers, 3 Russian Paramilitaries

A military convoy struck a roadside bomb in the northwest of the conflict-wracked Central African Republic, leaving two police officers and three Russian paramilitaries dead, the government said Sunday.Tensions have been high in the country of 4.7 mil…

WHO Calls for 20 Million COVID Vaccine Doses for Africa

The World Health Organization is asking for 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for African countries to administer second doses to those who have received their first shot. After three weeks of declining rates of COVID-19 infections in Africa, the W…

West African Leaders Suspend Mali From Regional Bloc Over Coup

West African leaders suspended Mali from their regional bloc Sunday over what they said amounted to a coup last week, Ghana’s foreign minister said after an emergency meeting to address the political crisis in Mali.The 15-nation bloc, the Economic Comm…

Ethiopians Protest US Sanctions Over Brutal Tigray War

Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the nation’s capital Sunday to protest outside pressure on the government over its brutal war in Tigray. Protesters at the rally in Addis Ababa carried banners that criticized the United States and others in the inte…

ICC Prosecutor Urges Sudan to Hand Over Darfur Suspects

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor on Sunday urged Sudan’s transitional government to hand over suspects wanted for war crimes and genocide in the Darfur conflict, the Sudanese official news agency reported. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda arr…

Gunmen Abduct Students From School in North-Central Nigeria

An armed gang abducted students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said.Armed groups carrying out kidnapping for ransom are blamed for a series of raids on schools and un…

Eritreans abroad celebrate Independence Day

Eritreans in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, as well as various cities of Canada and Germany, celebrated the 30th Independence Day anniversary in patriotic zeal under the theme “Resilient-As Ever”.The celebratory event the nationals conducted in Riyadh at the pre…