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In a significant development today, Russia has sentenced four journalists associated with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five and a half years in a penal colony. This decision marks a concerning escalation in the ongoing crackdown on press freedom and dissent against the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny, once a prominent challenger to President Vladimir Putin, was labeled as an "extremist" by Russian authorities—a classification that continues to resonate even after his tragic death in an Arctic penal colony on…

In the heart of Mogadishu, a troubling situation unfolds in Somalia (AX) as the nation grapples with alarmingly low immunization and treatment rates for pneumonia and diarrhea. These two maladies are the leading killers of children under the age of five. A recent analysis by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health highlights that Somalia is painfully lagging in delivering essential healthcare measures, putting countless young lives at stake. The study titled "Tracking Progress Toward Pneumonia and Diarrhea…

Hormuud Telecom presents a national 4G coverage plan Somali company Hormuud Telecom has pledged to provide full 4G coverage across Somalia by 2023. If successful, Hormuud would reach the coverage milestone before the 2024-2025 target announced by the government. According to Ormuud's own figures, more than 70% of Somalis - around 11.25 million people - have access to 4G, however, the remaining…

Morocco has just started a project to generalize social protection for an annual amount of 5.7 billion dollars. Last year, Moroccan authorities announced that the coronavirus crisis revealed the weakness of the country's social protection network. It is July 29, 2020 that Morocco announced the establishment a plan to generalize…