PENTAGON — U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he would make “no apologies” after his recent comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” stressing he was “expressing moral outrage” and not actually calling for regime c…
CAPE TOWN — A non-fungible token (NFT) created for the 1961 arrest warrant of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has sold for $130,000 at auction. The funds will help maintain the Liliesleaf Museum Heritage Site, a farm where Mandela and other leaders …
UNITED NATIONS— The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a new non-binding resolution that demands an “immediate” halt to Russia’s war in Ukraine. At UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstain…
Published by TDPel Media With the arrival of just over 500,000 new vaccines from the United States in Sierra Leone in March alone, the United States reached an important milestone of 500 million vaccines donated world-wide. The 200,000 Pfizer vaccines donated March 17 and the 302,200 Johnson & Johnson vaccines donated March 15 are part of the over 800,000 vaccines to donated to Sierra Leone by the United States since last year. As of December 2021, the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children in Sierra Leone as young as 12 years old. To celebrate the latest vaccine arrivals, U.S.
The United States imposed sanctions Monday on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) concerning grave human rights violations toward peaceful protesters who have been publicly demonstrating their strong objections toward the military coup in the country….
Published by TDPel Media One year ago today Sierra Leone launched the COVID-19 vaccination, days after receiving the first doses from the COVAX Facility and others through bilateral partnerships. To date, 1.1 million of the country’s 8 million people have been fully vaccinated and efforts are ongoing to increase vaccine uptake to reach a wider proportion of the population. Since the first shipments, Sierra Leone has so far received 3 418 690 COVID-19 vaccine doses, with 68% from COVAX, 19% from the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust and 13% from bilateral deals and donations. Of the total doses received, 2.1 million
KYIV— Ukraine has asked its UN peacekeepers to return home and join the ongoing war against Russia.“The President urges Ukrainian soldiers to withdraw from peacekeeping operations together with the equipment to strengthen the Ukrainian army standing ag…
ADDIS ABABA— A group of sixteen media professionals has signed a petition condemning the Ethiopian government for mistreating media practitioners, which they attribute to the shrinking press freedom.In a statement on Monday, the group said shrinking me…
PRETORIA— Three African presidents have spoken with their Russian counterpart since the Ukrainian invasion by Russia started on Feb 24.The latest is South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, who posted details of his telephone call with Putin on his Twi…
A report to the U.N. Human Rights Council says October’s military coup in Sudan has dealt a heavy blow to that country’s fledgling democracy, which might be difficult to reverse.In her presentation of the report, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights…
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