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Khartoum, Feb 24 - A UN expert on Thursday urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in a crackdown that - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

A UN expert on Thursday urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in a crackdown that has killed more than 80 people.

DUBAI: Photographer and activist Lana Haroun, 34, was in Khartoum in 2019, at the epicenter of the revolution in Sudan. She helped to document the rage and optimism of the movement that brought an end to the 30-year rule of dictator Omar Bashir in April that year. Like thousands of Sudanese people who had long dreamed of political change, Haroun was hopeful as the country

Nearly 62% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine. Learn more at Boston.com.

The global vaccination initiative has faced setbacks. Could a recent surge in doses foretell a better year ahead?

While vaccine inequity among African countries has played a major role in the continent's low COVID-19 vaccination rate, experts say capacity and logistical challenges, along with vaccine hesitancy, is also creating significant challenges.

The Sudanese general who seized power in a coup this week said the military he heads will appoint a technocrat prime minister to rule alongside it within days.

Saskatchewan is activating its emergency operations centre to lead its response to record levels of COVID-19, as it struggles with the highest rate of new daily cases in the last week of any province.

The global approach to vaccine equity is serving as a smokescreen for vaccine nationalism Instead of looking to multilateral institutions for permission, the focus should be on the policy tools that are already available to states. 2 hours ago Supply chain governance remains the central problem of how vaccines are manufactured and delivered around the world. | Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Accusations abound of vaccine nationalism against states that stockpile vaccines and ...

US President Joe Biden. | Mandel Ngan/ AFP A group of over 170 world leaders and Nobel Prize winners have urged United States President Joe Biden to support a waiver proposing to suspend rules of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments to boost global vaccination rates. India and South Africa had moved this proposal at the World Trade Organization in October. The letter, released to the media on Wednesday, said that the World Trade Organization’s w...