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Polio immunisation is compulsory in Afghanistan, but distrust of vaccines is rife, and the programmes are difficult to enforce particularly in rural regions
World
13.08.2024
In Afghanistan, conspiracy theories fuel polio outbreak
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire spoke of an EU 'breakthrough' after a compromise was struck on a eurozone operational budget
World
13.08.2024
EU ministers strike compromise on Macron-backed eurozone budget
Manchester-born Lee White, a well-known conservationist, has been put in charge of Gabon's forests
World
13.08.2024
'Mr. Green': British environmentalist is Gabon's new forestry minister
In Ivory Coast, the only way to fight dengue is to fight the mosquitoes that spread it, officials say
World
13.08.2024
Time-honoured tactics to the fore as I. Coast confronts dengue peril
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Caribbean airline LIAT is headquartered in the capital city of Antigua and Barbuda St John's, whose beach is pictured here
World 13.08.2024
Antigua takes control of troubled Caribbean airline LIAT
Senegalese TV soap opera "Maitresse d'un homme marie" ("Mistress of a married man") tackles subjects considered taboo in the conservative country
World 13.08.2024
Taboo-breaking TV soap on sex and women has Senegal in a lather
Journalist Glenn Greenwald says that despite the threats, he and his family do not plan to leave Brazil
World 13.08.2024
Greenwald defiant after 'grotesque' threats over Brazil's Car Wash leaks
Outgoing White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says she loved her job, but she has been widely criticized for halting the long-established daily briefings
World 13.08.2024
Trump announces exit of 'warrior' spokeswoman Sarah Sanders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displays a map of Israel, signed by US President Donald Trump, showing the Golan Heights as being inside Israel's borders
World 13.08.2024
Israeli cabinet to vote on Golan 'Trump' settlement
Democratic Republic of Congo, whose president Felix Tshisekedi is pictured here, shares borders with four of the six members of the East African Community, which he seeks to join
World 13.08.2024
DRCongo seeks membership of East African trade bloc
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera -- seen here during a visit to South Korea in April 2019 -- has shaken up his cabinet in the face of faltering popularity ratings
World 13.08.2024
Chile president Pinera sacks FM in cabinet shakeup
The report noted a 593 percent increase in fresh elephant carcasses since 2014 in the north of Botswana, which last month sparked controversy by lifting its ban on hunting
World 13.08.2024
'Hundreds' of elephants being poached each year in Botswana: report
The trial of two dozen men charged with the brutal murder of two Scandinavian hikers has been held under tight security in Morocco since May 2
World 13.08.2024
Defendants at Morocco trial deny involvement in hiker killings
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