Africa

Fortunately, passengers on the plane were wearing masks so the risk of the virus spreading is low.

About 10 percent of people globally are likely undernourished and hunger eclipsed population growth in 2020, according to a report by five U.N. agencies.

Somaliland has proven during 30 years of independence the power of democracy in an unsettled world.

"France doesn't have the vocation or the will to stay eternally in the Sahel," French President Emmanuel Macron said as France prepares to reduce its forces.

What South Sudan needs most immediately is food and there is lack of funding to provide this critical aid.

There were 20,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in the country on Friday for a total of 1.9 million, with 66,323 deaths.

The loss of the Tekeze River bridge eliminates a route to deliver food and relief to an area contending with the world's worst hunger crisis in a decade.

Africa has yet to see a single vaccine promised from Europe. African officials announce that more purchased vaccines should make it by August.

"There is no access to clean water; electricity, phone communication, banking, health care, and access to humanitarian aid are blocked," the Tigray leader wrote in a letter.

A Ugandan man detonated explosives in a suicide bombing on Sunday in the eastern town of Beni, a city occupied by both U.N. peacekeepers and the Congolese army in recent years.

The snake can spit its venom, so police advise people to not approach it.

"We must step up the action taken by the coalition, increasing the areas in which we can operate," said Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio.

Africa is navigating a severe third wave of COVID-19 and Delta variant outbreaks set to peak higher than all previous waves, John Nkengasong, Africa's CDC director called the wave "extremely brutal."

For the good of Tigray, Ethiopia, the East Africa region and the world, we ask Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to work toward a political solution as fast as possible.

President Joe Biden's recent appearance at the G7 was intended to project a renewed United States commitment to human rights abroad, but it's not clear that he's prepared to abandon the old song and dance for tougher measures.

Rodwell Khomazana lost his nose and left eye as well as parts of his forehead and upper lip during the attack.

"I am concerned about the security situation across a band of Africa," U.S. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend said, specifically mentioning the threat lies in the western Sahel region stretching to the eastern Horn of Africa.

All public and private transportation will be prohibited in Uganda as the nation grapples with COVID-19 and variant outbreaks. The only exceptions to the rule are vehicles transporting cargo, the sick and essential workers.

"You cannot destroy all the people, you cannot destroy all the population in Tigray," the European Union's special envoy to Ethiopia said.

"The Mozambican authorities should publicly disclose his whereabouts, allow him access to a lawyer and visits by relatives, and, if he is to be charged, promptly bring him before a court," Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said about Cassien Ntamuhanga.

"May his legend forever live on," the Mara Predator Conservation Programme in Kenya said.

"What people heard and saw was something that was supposed to happen behind the scenes," Lazarus Jacobs, the chairperson of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation's board, said.

The Biden administration announced it would donate 200 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries in Africa. Africa's CDC director said it's a call for celebration, but many questions are still left unanswered.

When we challenge barriers, whether they be physical, emotional, or institutional, it influences those around us, hopefully for the better.

The prime minister is also pushing to have 1 million shots administered daily so all of the country's 36 million older adults will be fully vaccinated by the end of July, in time for the Olympics.

Mo Ibrahim said wealthy nations are "hoarding the vaccine" and pushed for equitable global COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

"It is extremely concerning and at times frustrating," Africa CDC Director Dr. John Nkengasong told the Associated Press.

"I would like to reassure the international community that Mali will honor all of its commitments," said Col. Assimi Goita.

The government said jihadis began shooting people and burning down homes and a village market.

The African government's move comes after the social media site deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.