NAIROBI – The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 48,000 people are missing across Africa, and at least 21,600 are minors. Most of the registered disappearances — widely believed to be a fraction of the continent’s wider, undocument…
Month: August 2021
DRC Court Upholds Rape Convictions of 19 Police, Soldiers
BUKAVU, D.R.C. – A Congolese military court has upheld the rape convictions of eight policemen and 11 soldiers, a court official told AFP Tuesday. The judgment, which was handed down on Monday, means they will serve between 12 months and 20 years in ja…
Johnson & Johnson’s HIV Vaccine Fails Mid-Stage Africa Study
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday its experimental vaccine failed to provide sufficient protection against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa to young women who accounted for a large number of infections last year.The results from the mid-stage study are the la…
Turkish Cypriots planning to travel until 16 September urged to follow procedure for EUDCC
The Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy on Monday urged Turkish Cypriots who have been vaccinated and are planning to travel until 16 September to follow the procedure envisaged in a previous announcement, dated 17 August 2021 in…
Risk of poverty and social exclusion in Cyprus was at 21.3% before the pandemic
According to the results of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2020, with income reference period the year 2019, 21.3% of the population or 188,000 persons were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE indicator). According to a press rele…
Turkish Cypriots informed about the oil spill
The Turkish Cypriot side was informed about the oil spill in the sea area east of Cyprus, coming from a Power Station in the coastal area of Baniyas, Syria. The Turkish Cypriots were informed based on data the Ministry of Agriculture of the Cyprus Repu…