ACCRA— Ghana is introducing some of the world’s strictest Covid travel rules, by banning any adult who has not been vaccinated from flying in with effect from Monday.There is no option to self-isolate.Ghanaian citizens and residents abroad are exempt f…
Day: December 12, 2021
German Cabinet backs extending troop deployment in Mali
BERLIN— The German Cabinet has backed extending the mandates for troop deployments to Mali under UN and European Union auspices.The Cabinet gave the green light on Wednesday for German troops to continue to participate in the EU’s European Union Traini…
South Africa Pays Tribute to Last Apartheid Leader De Klerk
South Africa on Sunday paid an official tribute to FW de Klerk, the final president of white rule, who freed Nelson Mandela from prison and steered the country from apartheid to democracy.De Klerk died on November 11 aged 85 following a battle with can…
Mali Leader Promises Election Timetable by Jan 31
The head of Mali’s military-dominated government on Sunday promised west Africa’s regional bloc he would provide it with an election timetable by January 2022.The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali following military coup…
UN Condemns Forced Expulsions of Asylum Seekers from Libya
The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is condemning the forced expulsion of asylum seekers and migrants by Libyan authorities, warning of the risks many face when returned to the homes they fled to escape persecution.Two …
Witnesses Say Tigrayan Forces in Ethiopia Retook Lalibela, UN Heritage Site
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 mul…