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Kenya’s Kisumu Emerges as New COVID-19 Hotspot

Kenya’s western city of Kisumu has surpassed the capital, Nairobi, as having the country’s highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections. The jump in cases comes a day after an opposition leader addressed large crowds in Kisumu, which also reported K…

South Sudan Returning 72,000 COVID Vaccine Doses

South Sudan’s National Task Force on COVID-19 is sending back 72,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the COVAX facility for use in other countries before the doses expire. South Sudan received 132,000 doses in late March from COVAX, a global coaliti…

US Restricts Visas, Aid Over Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The United States on Sunday announced visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fueling the 6-month-old war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying those involved had “taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities.” “People in Tigray…

DRC Volcano Eruption, Ensuing Chaos Leave at Least 15 Dead

Torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in eastern Congo with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes, officials and survivors said Sunday.The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday n…

Ethiopia says Eritrean troops killed civilians in Tigray

Ethiopia for the first time accused troops from neighbouring Eritrea of killing 110 civilians in a massacre in the war-hit Tigray region.The attorney general’s office sharply contradicted law enforcement officials who claimed earlier this month that t…