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In April, seven East African Community countries agreed to establish a regional military force to restore stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where violence by militia groups is ongoing. This is not the first ad hoc coalition of troops deployed in crisis-affected African countries. In 2021, Rwanda and Southern African Development Community (SADC) states sent two separate missions to northern Mozambique to fight the insurgency there. The African Union (AU) endorsed the SADC Mission in Mozambique, but only after it was deployed.

In a landscape dominated by violent extremism and deadly transnational armed groups, the force’s viability is in question.

In a landscape dominated by violent extremism and deadly transnational armed groups, viability of the African Standby Force is in question. 

National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) MANILA - National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday announced he has tested positive for Covid-19. It is the first time he contracted Covid-19 despite being always out since the pandemic was declared in March 2020 as President Rodrigo Duterte tasked him to lead the country's Covid-19 response. In a statement, he said he tested positive for Covid-19 after undergoing his weekly reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction test...

Cases of "Long COVID," or people experiencing medium to long-term effects of COVID-19 following recovery, have been confirmed in the country, a government health adviser said Saturday.