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Four media workers recently arrested in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region were released on Wednesday, a translator working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), which was part of the group held, reported. "All journalists and translators have been released without charge," Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego, deputy head of Tigray's interim administration, told Reuters. The BBC confirmed the release of its reporter Girmay Gebru, of the broadcaster's Tigrinya language service, in a tweet. "They released us…

Libya's newly elected interim government on Tuesday called on UN experts to publish a report accusing them of buying votes during world - led peace talks. A UN panel had in a confidential report, seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Sunday, stated that at least three participants were offered bribes of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The administration of the caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday issued a statement demanding that UN experts "publish their report on allegations of…

Several people are feared dead due to a plane crash in southern Sudan, the head of Juba International Airport said in a statement late Tuesday, according to the Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, South Sudan News Now, a local newspaper, reported that the plane crashed in Jonglei State's Uror County several minutes after leaving for Juba from Pieri's runway, north of the capital, with all eight passengers and two pilots on board. killed. The plane crashed on the outskirts of the Pieri Payam region at 5pm local…

It is clear that West Ham must hire a striker.They have had to sign a striker for the best part of 12 months, but as is often the case at London Stadium, it has been a pretty significant period of "doing".Truth be told, it was hardly a disaster not to sign one during that period. West Ham completed their primary goal last season to avoid relegation, and this season, miraculously, are the real contenders for Champions League qualifiers.Whether West Ham can keep their form until the end of the season remains to be seen, but…

Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the third and largest delivery to date to an African country through the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have access to vaccines. The COVAX program sent 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, from Mumbai to Abuja, according to a joint statement from UNICEF, working in collaboration with the World Health…

Extremists, government forces and a "private militia" supporting authority have indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians in Mozambique's troubled northeastern region, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Violence perpetrated by armed Islamists in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado has left at least 2,600 people dead since 2017, about half of them civilians, according to a non-governmental organization called Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), Agence France- Press (AFP)…

A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist was arrested by the Ethiopian military in the Tigray region, the British broadcaster said on Monday. The BBC quoted witnesses who saw Girmay Gebru imprisoned by soldiers in military uniform in the regional capital Mekelle. The public broadcaster said it had expressed concern about Ethiopian authorities. The Financial Times reported that a translator working for the newspaper and another working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP) were also arrested by…

Nearly 300 girls, who were abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara on Friday, have been released by gunmen, the governor said in a tweet on Tuesday. An armed gang had abducted the girls from the GGSS school (Government Girls Science Secondary) in the city of Jangebe. A rescue operation was underway to get the girls back to safety. A teacher at GGSS, who asked to remain anonymous, had said that the attack occurred around 1 o'clock (12 GMT) but did not provide…

Liverpool and Chelsea go towards one another on Saturday night time, with either side aiming to keep up their excellent begin to the 2021/22 marketing campaign. The Reds have crossed via their first two video games, beating Norwich City and Burnley 3-0 and 2-0 respectively. In the identical approach, the Blues have made an equally spectacular begin and defeated Crystal Palace and Arsenal with the identical outcome strains. Liverpool and Chelsea are each on course to win begins / Catherine Ivill / Getty ImagesJurgen Klopp…

At least three participants were bribed to vote for the newly elected caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah at UN-led peace talks in Libya, experts from the world body found in a report to the Security Council, seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Sunday. Dbeibah was selected earlier this month during Libya's Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), which began in Tunisia in November, the UN's latest attempt to save the country from a decade of conflict and fragmentation. In a report to be submitted to…