Postcards: Cast out of US, Haiti migrant drops American Dream for second go in Chile
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Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end; Nigeria to destroy a million expired vaccines
Reuters At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation program said on Monday. African governments have been calling for more COVID-19 vaccines to help […]
As conflict stalks Burkina Faso borderlands, hunger spreads
Dori, Burkina FasoReuters Suspended from scales in a bucket, nine-month-old Sakinatou Amadou gripped the sides of her makeshift container as a nurse at a small clinic in northern Burkina Faso checked on her recovery from malnutrition. Sakinatou’s mother is dead and she is being raised in Dori, a trading hub near the Niger border, by […]
Vatican office apologises for hurting Catholic LGBTQ community
Vatican CityReuters A Vatican official apologised to a leading Catholic LGBTQ advocacy group for having yanked a reference to it on the Vatican website, drawing immediate praise Monday from the group as an “historic” move to repair the painful rift between the Catholic hierarchy and the gay community. The Vatican’s General Secretariat for the Synod […]
Thousands in US without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
Mayfield, Kentucky, USAP Residents of Kentucky counties where tornadoes killed dozens of people could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday, as the toll of damage and deaths came into clearer focus in five states slammed by the swarm of twisters. Kentucky authorities said the sheer […]
US ambassador to Solomons warns of aid that goes to “one bank account”
Sydney, Australia Reuters The US ambassador to the Solomon Islands has warned Pacific Islands against “aid that benefits one person, one party and one bank account” – remarks that come after the Solomons were beset with riots last month blamed in part on discontent with China. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was accused last week […]
Witnesses say Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia retook Lalibela, UN Heritage site
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a broader offensive that pushed back Tigrayan forces on multiple fronts. Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region bordering […]
Coming to a clinic near you: Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine drive gets a boost
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Now that rich nations are sharing more COVID-19 shots with Africa, health officials across the continent are scrambling to overcome vaccine hesitancy and logistical problems to get the doses into arms fast enough before they expire. Penda Health, a Nairobi-based chain providing low-cost private healthcare, has found a way to speed things up: […]
Mexico’s Guadalupe pilgrimage draws huge crowd after one-year absence
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters A throng of Catholic pilgrims estimated at more than 1.5 million people gathered at a basilica in Mexico City on Sunday for the annual Virgin of Guadalupe gathering after the festivities were canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Virgin of Guadalupe basilica, the most visited Catholic shrine of […]
Kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in eastern Congo
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Two staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross abducted last month in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been freed, the humanitarian organisation said on Saturday. The ICRC said in late November that one Congolese citizen and an international staff member had been kidnapped in North […]