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Mass atrocities in Ethiopia expose the limitations of early warning tools
Refugees who fled Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict queue for contributions before sunrise in eastern Sudan. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty…
Canada bans travellers from Egypt, Nigeria and Malawi over Omicron fears
Canada on Tuesday banned travellers from Egypt, Nigeria and Malawi over fears of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus…
Three students killed after a shooting at Oxford High School in US
Wednesday, 01 December 2021 05:39 Written by Michael Abiodun Three people, all believed to be students, have been killed and six other people have been injured after a shooting at Oxford High…
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Anthony Fauci: Omicron COVID variant troublesome
The White House chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned that the new Omicron variant is “troublesome” because…
Omicron variant: Japan bans all foreign arrivals
Japan on Monday said it will ban all new foreign arrivals from Tuesday as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads…
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Canada confirms 5 cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant
Tuesday, 30 November 2021 00:37 Written by PM NEWS Health workers at an airport in Canada waiting to test for Omicron variant Canada has confirmed five cases of…
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Extreme heat is a threat to lives in Africa, but it’s not being monitored
Heatwaves pose a huge threat to human health. Leolintang/Shutterstock Luke Harrington, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and…
What African countries got out of COP26
In January 2015, a three-day rain displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed…
Standard responses to road accidents haven’t worked in Ghana: here are some alternatives
There are calls to declare road accidents a public health scare in Ghana. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Festival Godwin Boateng,…
Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution
Shutterstock Eleanor Scerri, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some…