If the coup is successful, it will mark the third time in five months that a West African nation has suffered a takeover.
Tag: Africa
An Experimental H.I.V. Vaccine Fails in Africa
Researchers ended a large trial in South Africa after finding that an experimental vaccine offered little protection.
America’s Afghan War: A Defeat Foretold?
Recent history suggests that it is foolish for Western powers to fight wars in other people’s lands and that the U.S. intervention was almost certainly doomed from the start.
WHO’s Africa Director: ‘Booster Shots Make a Mockery of Vaccine Equity’
Coronavirus vaccine doses do more good by giving initial protection to people in low-income countries than by enhancing protection in wealthy nations, said the official, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.
Booster Shots ‘Make a Mockery of Vaccine Equity,’ W.H.O. Official Says
Coronavirus vaccine doses do more good by giving initial protection to people in low-income countries than by enhancing protection in wealthy nations, said the official, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti.
The prospect of booster shots is igniting a global health debate.
Citing a lack of scientific evidence, the W.H.O. argues that extra vaccine doses should be sent to poor countries instead.
No Work, No Food: Pandemic Deepens Global Hunger
Relentless waves of the virus, combined with crises caused by conflict and climate change, have left tens of millions of people around the world on the brink of famine.
One by One, African Countries Dismantle Colonial-Era Death Penalty Laws
In a unanimous vote by lawmakers, Sierra Leone became the 23rd African country to abolish capital punishment. Critics called it an inhumane vestige of colonialism.
PEPFAR Is Still Without a Leader. H.I.V. Activists Want to Know Why.
“Can we not think and act on two pandemics at a time?” asked one epidemiologist.