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NAIROBI- Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV. NAIROBI- Seychelles has started vaccinating its population against COVID-19 with doses from China’s Sinopharm vaccine, President Wavel Ramkalawan said. KHARTOUM/ CAIRO/ NAIROBI- Negotiations…

Ethiopian military says it killed 15 members of rebellious Tigray forces, captured 8 others

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV.

Seychelles rolls out COVID-19 vaccination using China’s Sinopharm, says president’s office

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Seychelles has started vaccinating its population against COVID-19 with doses from China’s Sinopharm vaccine, President Wavel Ramkalawan said.

Zambian president dismisses health minister, no reason given

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has dismissed Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya with immediate effect, the president’s office said on Sunday, without giving a reason for the move.

Three-way talks on Ethiopian dam reach new impasse

KHARTOUM/CAIRO/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, in a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, have reached a new impasse, the three countries said on Sunday.

French warplanes fly over Central African Republic amid rebel offensives

Rebels attacked two towns in the Central African Republic on Saturday as French warplanes flew over in an apparent attempt to deter an advance on the capital after a disputed election.

Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle, says soldier

Soldiers and police in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle have expressed concerns about insecurity, with one saying women were raped this week, after the city fell to federal forces during a war late last year.

South African coronavirus variant detected in reinfection case in Brazil

Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa in a woman who contracted COVID-19 for the second time, and said it was the first such case reported in the world.

S.Africa testing vaccines on variant, hopes for results within 2 weeks

South African scientists are testing whether vaccines will be less effective against a COVID-19 variant first detected locally and hope for initial results within two weeks, a professor at the national communicable disease institute said.

At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon – UN

At least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon on Friday, a U.N. security report said.

Almost 2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray – U.N. report

Fighting is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said.