Zimbabwe says 4.2 million polio vaccinations will be administered to children under the age of 10 after a new polio case was detected in Sanyeti, north-central Zimbabwe. Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Timios Kwidini said the virus was detected in a 10-year-old child. ‘’Poliovirus variant has been detected in a 10-year-old child from Sanyati district of Mashonaland West province who presented to us with acute paralysis and had laboratory tests done for confirmation”, Kwidini told a press conference on Friday. The highly infectious viral disease usually invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis within hours,…
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Paulina Guaman’s life is no longer the same. The young Ecuadorian dentist has been obliged to make changes to her daily routine, in the hope of keeping danger at bay. “Life has changed completely. I feel fear living in Ecuador,” Guaman, who lives in the city of Cuenca, told Al Jazeera. “I no longer answer the phone with the same confidence as before. Businesses don’t open the way they used to. [I’m scared] of not being able to continue working because someone might come to extort me.” Guaman’s situation reflects a widespread fear felt by many Ecuadorians, as the country…
Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev was sworn in for his fifth term in Baku on Wednesday, after winning the early elections with more than 92% of the vote. In his inauguration speech President Aliyev vowed to continue the reconciliation process with Armenia, but he insisted on the terms and the process that in his opinion Yerevan must respect. The president said Azerbaijan is ready to move on from the decades of conflict with its neighbour, but that it will continue maintaining a high combat readiness for its army. Aliyev also insisted that the peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can only be…
“Deterrence is in the mind of our adversaries. We should not leave (any) room of miscalculation or misunderstanding in Moscow about our readiness, our commitment and our resolve to protect all allies,” the Secretary-General said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting in Brussels of the alliance’s defence ministers. “And the reason to do so is not to provoke a conflict but to prevent a conflict as NATO has done successfully for the 65 years.” Keeping NATO strong is in “the national interest of the United States,” he added, as the country “has never fought a war alone.” Stoltenberg’s caveat comes days after…
At least two South African soldiers have been killed and three others wounded when a mortar bomb hit their base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment of 2,900 troops to the DRC as part of a regional mission. The deadly incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Thursday morning. ‘’A mortar bomb landed inside one of the South African contingent bases, inflicting casualties and injuries to SANDF soldiers,’’ it added in a statement. The names of the dead and injured soldiers were not revealed. Investigations…
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, says he will visit neighbouring Ethiopia amid tension between the two countries. This is the first time President Mohamud will be in Ethiopia since the Ethiopian government signed a controversial Red Sea access deal with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in January which angered Mogadishu. Somalia had said the signing of the deal of the deal was a violation of its territorial integrity by Ethiopia because Somaliland is its integral part. President Mohamud told a press conference in Kismayo on Thursday that the visit ”is important for the national interests of Somalia.” Deal…
Nigeria is considering the introduction of state police in its 36 states to bolster its national police force as it struggles to contain widespread violence and insecurity, the information minister said on Thursday. An Islamist insurgency in the northeast, kidnappings for ransom, deadly farmer-herder clashes in the central belt and separatist and gang violence in the southeast are some of the challenges faced by Nigeria’s police force. President Bola Tinubu met the country’s state governors to discuss insecurity, which is hurting farmers and contributing to high food prices and inflation. The federal government and the state governments agreed that a state police force was necessary, marking “a significant…
London-born, of Cypriot descent, director Cey Sesigüzel presents a compelling documentary film on the 50th anniversary of the Peace Operation. The 90-minute documentary, titled “Divided Island: Bölünmüş Ada,” examines the war through the eyes of the Cypriot Turkish and Greek communities, focusing on the island’s complex history and its current effects. Sesigüzel describes the documentary as the result of a four-year effort and research process. Interviews with 15 individuals living in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Australia form the basis of the documentary. The director aims to provide a neutral perspective by including the views of both communities on the…
The Mayor of Bexley, Ahmet Durmuş, and his wife Elmaziye Durmuş, the Cypriot Turkish Mayor of the important London borough of Bexley, visited the Representative Office of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in London. Ahmet Durmuş, the Mayor of Bexley, and his wife, Elmaziye Durmuş, the Cypriot Turkish Mayor of one of London’s significant boroughs, Bexley, made a meaningful visit to the Representative Office of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in London on Monday, February 12. During the meeting where Ahmet Durmuş and his wife met with the TRNC London Representative, Ambassador Çimen Keskin, and Consul…
Within the framework of his two-day official visit to Cyprus, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the Nicosia Municipal Palace. Accompanied by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Hristodulidis, the German President arrived at the Nicosia Municipal Building at 11:30, where he was welcomed by the Mayor of Nicosia, Constantinos Yiorkadjis. Steinmeier then greeted the members of the Municipal Council and, going up to the top floor of the building, observed both the free and the occupied city. Various points creating the Green Line were explained to him here. Following this visit, a walking tour was conducted around the…