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There really is never a good time to drink soda. It's obvious to any and all that soda is not an ideal drink by any means, especially if you're trying to stay healthy. Heavy soda consumption has been linked to weight gain, can lead to type 2 diabetes, and one study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that those who drank artificially sweetened drinks such as soda are more likely to die prematurely compared to those who rarely ever drank these types of drinks. Big yikes. But there is one very specific type…

Soon a new opposition party in Rwanda? It is a rather rare event in the country's political landscape, largely dominated by the RPF, the party of President Paul Kagame. The birth of the Rwandan Platform for Democracy (RPD) was announced on Thursday, March 18, during an online press conference by its founder, Christopher Kayumba, a former university professor and journalist who was recently released from…

The conditions for the master's exam have not changed, contrary to rumors that have led some students to demonstrate in the capital. The Ministers responsible for National and Higher Education clarified matters on Thursday 18 March in Ouagadougou. as reported from Ouagadougou, Pedestrian BoudaniFollowing the creation of the new…

EU nations resume use of AstraZeneca vaccine after regulatory shootings AMSTERDAM / LONDON - Germany, France and other European countries announced plans to resume use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday after EU and UK regulators stepped up to build confidence in the shot, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. Reports of rare cerebral thrombosis have prompted more than a…

A high-level ministerial mission went to the scene of the Banibangou attack on Thursday 18 March in Tillabéry in the western part of the country. On Monday, gunmen killed 58 villagers returning from a trade show. The Minister of the Interior, Alkashe Allada, accompanied among others by the Minister of Humanitarian Action and…

The lawyers for the opponents of the UFDG accused of "manufacturing and possessing weapons of war and attacks on the fundamental interests of the nation", this week seized the ECOWAS court. The lawyers for the detained members of the Union of Democratic Forces in Guinea are asking this sub-regional court to rule on a procedure…

In the last two weeks, students have been demonstrating in South Africa against the lack of funding for higher education and too high tuition fees. The crisis is about the issue of student debt. Those who are unable to pay their tuition fees are prevented from enrolling or threatened with exclusion. .

The recent announcement by the South African subsidiary of Coca-Colade to cede part of the capital to its employees is welcomed by the government. But overall, the record of positive discrimination policies that are supposed to promote the participation of blacks, meteis and Indian communities in addressing economic inequalities is still far from perfect.…

One week after the start of the April 11 presidential election campaign, out of 10 official candidacies called by the Supreme Court, three opponents who have announced their withdrawal from the electoral process are fighting, a fourth opponent Brice Mbaïmon Guedmbaye suspended. his participation in the campaign by condemning a system that also favors presidential candidate Idriss Deby. There are…

While the campaign for the presidential election on March 21 closes this Friday in Congo-Brazzaville, an activist movement called "Progress" has since the beginning of the week campaigned against the purchase of conscience, as citizens have avoided voting with full responsibility during this election, for which outgoing President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, who has accumulated 36 years in power, is seeking a…