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  • Cure for AIDS?

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    A stem-cell treatment put a London cancer patient’s HIV into remission, marking the second such reported case and reinvigorating efforts to cure the AIDS-causing infection that afflicts some 37 million people globally. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of ….

  • Ethiopian, Eritrean leaders visit South Sudan

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    The Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders arrived in Juba on March 4, 2019 with the view to spur President Salva Kiir to make more peace overtures in his country’s worsening political crisis. South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. The country gained its independence from Sudan…

  • Mozilla fears DarkMatter misuse

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    Mozilla is considering the blocking of cybersecurity company DarkMatter over allegations of a cyber-espionage program. Mozilla is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The Mozilla community uses, develops, spreads and supports Mozilla products, thereby promoting exclusively free software ….

  • Chinese to raise defense spending

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    Beijing seeks to create a “world-class” military under Chinese President Xi Jinping for which China announced a 7.5 percent growth rate in defence spending in 2019. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China(PRC) and its founding and ruling political party, the Communist Party of China(CPC). The…

  • Huawei CFO sues Canada

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    Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou sued the Canadian government claiming that she was detained and interrogated before being told she was arrested in Canada. Huawei is a Chinese tech company based in Shenzhen that is leading global provider of information, communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices…

  • Rwanda and Uganda address fallout

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    Rwandan Foreign minister Oliver Nduhungirehe explained the ongoing border standoff between his country and Uganda. In two tweets posted on his official account, Nduhungirehe clarified that Rwanda’s borders were not closed, adding that Rwandans were, however ‘strongly advised not to travel….

  • U.K Foreign Secretary visits Yemen

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    Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Yemen’s port city of Aden as part of a regional tour and urged parties in the nation’s four-year conflict to make greater efforts in order to secure a lasting peace. The Republic of Yemen is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula…..

  • Venezuela update

    Venezuela update

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    The US is discussing emergency aid for Venezuela should the regime of Nicolás Maduro fall, including potential financial assistance alongside official loan programmes from the IMF and other institutions. NSA John Bolton has clarified the US’ position as seeking “complete regime change” in the country….

  • Bouteflika to run for President again

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    Protesters turned out in their thousands across Algeria to denounce plans by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek a fifth term in office, as his campaign formally submitted the candidacy papers for April’s presidential election. Algeria is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in…

  • House Democrats to investigate Trump

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    House Democrats will request documents from more than 60 people this week as they step up investigations into allegations of obstruction of justice and abuse of power in the administration of US president Donald Trump. The United States House of Representatives …..