Category: Health Care
Report: Drugmakers Fall Short on Offering COVID Vaccines to Poorer Nations
Amnesty International is accusing the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies of creating an “unprecedented human rights crisis” by failing to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s poorest nations.In a report issued Wednesday, the human rig…
Nine Chad Villagers Killed in Jihadist Assault
Nine people have died in an attack on a village in the Lake Chad area that is plagued by violence led by jihadist groups, a local governor and an NGO said Tuesday.The region borders Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and fighters from Boko Haram and a rival …
Nine Chad Villagers Killed in Jihadist Assault
Nine people have died in an attack on a village in the Lake Chad area that is plagued by violence led by jihadist groups, a local governor and an NGO said Tuesday.The region borders Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, and fighters from Boko Haram and a rival …
Assets Seized From Equatorial Guinea VP to Pay for Vaccine, Medicine
The U.S. Department of Justice says it will use money from assets seized from Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, which the DOJ alleges Obiang obtained through corruption.Of that amount, $19.25 million will go to the United N…
Assets Seized From Equatorial Guinea VP to Pay for Vaccine, Medicine
The U.S. Department of Justice says it will use money from assets seized from Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, which the DOJ alleges Obiang obtained through corruption.Of that amount, $19.25 million will go to the United N…
Rebel Attacks Kill 15 Soldiers in Troubled Cameroon
About 15 soldiers and several civilians have died in two attacks in English-speaking western areas of Cameroon in the grip of a breakaway campaign, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Heavily armed “terrorists” ambushed a convoy of elite rapid interventio…
Rebel Attacks Kill 15 Soldiers in Troubled Cameroon
About 15 soldiers and several civilians have died in two attacks in English-speaking western areas of Cameroon in the grip of a breakaway campaign, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Heavily armed “terrorists” ambushed a convoy of elite rapid interventio…
WHO: Rich Countries’ Chokehold on COVID Vaccines Prolongs Pandemic in Africa
The World Health Organization is warning that COVID-19 vaccine export bans and hoarding by wealthy countries will prolong the pandemic in Africa, preventing recovery from the disease in the rest of the world.While more than 60% of the U.S., European Un…
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