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Rwandan-owned Akagera Medicines and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations have entered a new partnership of $1.46 million to improve vaccine delivery and accessibility in Africa. The...

The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to accede to a demand from Democratic Republic of Congo and launch a gradual withdrawal of UN peacekeepers starting this month, a year earlier

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United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2023 - The United Nations raised the alarm on Tuesday over fighting raging near the former safe haven of Wad Madani in Sudan where the population had swelled to more than 700,000.

Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.

Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict. Polling stations opened at 6 am (0400 GMT in the east; 0500 GMT in the west) and will close at 5 pm local time.

As polling stations opened in the Democratic Republic of Congo's high-stakes election, the nation found itself at a critical juncture.

In a first, Congolese citizens residing in South Africa, Belgium, the United States and France will also cast ballots.

Approximately 44 million registered voters, out of a total population of around 100 million, are called upon to elect their president, as well as national and provincial deputies and, for the first time, municipal councilors.

Voting begins after delays in getting election materials to tens of thousands of polling booths on time