Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on December 17, 2020 In our series of letters from African writers Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on a recent call for Nigerians […]
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Here are the states with the best — and worst — vaccination track records
Dr. Karen Landers, an assistant state health officer in Alabama, said it was clear her state needed to turn around its Covid-19 vaccination program on the day in early January when its telephone hotline got a few more calls than expected. “It crashed,” Landers said. The state had set up […]
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Iranian officials should be charged over shooting down of Ukrainian plane, UN expert says
<img class="caas-img has-preview" alt="Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sW37XJun4PwubXWm2imIqQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQyMw–/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/VyPCpgEBZOlnaQUmJQIjzA–~B/aD02MDA7dz0xMDAwO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_guardian_765/4e02dffb564228b682637761eb138ed2″ data-src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sW37XJun4PwubXWm2imIqQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQyMw–/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/VyPCpgEBZOlnaQUmJQIjzA–~B/aD02MDA7dz0xMDAwO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_guardian_765/4e02dffb564228b682637761eb138ed2″> Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images Many high level Iranian officials should be charged for the shooting down of a Ukrainian commercial airliner in January 2020, a UN human rights expert has said, describing the killing of the 176 people aboard as a […]
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‘A wake-up call’: FBI’s intel failure ahead of Capitol riot goes beyond a missed email, experts say
WASHINGTON — Nearly two decades after the failure to share intelligence helped prevent the FBI from foiling the 9/11 attacks, the bureau is now accused of not making sure local police agencies fully appreciated the threats brewing among militia groups and white supremacists in the days before the assault on […]
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Engine that endangered United flight has troubled history
The Pratt & Whitney airplane engine that burst into flames and forced a United Airlines pilot to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Denver had similar blowouts on at least two other flights, experts said Monday. Three years ago, a fan blade broke on one of the […]
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Thousands dead but no prosecutions – why Liberia has not acted
An estimated 250,000 people died in the fighting between 1989 and 2003 Tales of atrocities dominate accounts of Liberia’s years of civil war but not a single person has been tried for war crimes in the country’s courts. This is despite the estimated 250,000 dead – amounting to around 8% […]
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Africa’s data gap: Measuring the cost of not counting the dead
Feet in a mortuary Only eight African countries out of more than 50 have a compulsory system to register deaths, a BBC investigation has found. This is not just a failure of the state to recognise individual tragedies but has enormous implications for the making of government policy. All but […]
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U.S. reaches 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 500,000 on Sunday,according to an NBC News tally — a milestone that underscores the grave threat the virus still poses nationwide even as more Americans get vaccinated. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 2,462,000 people worldwide, according to data […]
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User engagement simplified with best strategies and KPIs.
Engaged users yield the highest ROI. Tapping the most out of your first-time visitors is not so easy. You have to engage them at the right place and the right time. There are various strategies to hook your users and give them what they want. But, how do you build […]
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Michael Gove blamed for orchestrating No 10 aide’s departure
Multiple Whitehall sources told this newspaper that Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had masterminded Oliver Lewis’s dramatic departure from Downing Street – Reuters Michael Gove has been accused of orchestrating the removal of the Prime Minister’s chief adviser on the Union in an attempt to retain […]