Monitoring Defense and security from Feb. 1st to 8th, 2021-CC
Monitoring Defense and security from Feb. 1st to 8th, 2021-CC
South Africa pauses Covid-19 vaccine rollout after disappointing AstraZeneca results
AstraZeneca’s vaccine did not provide significant protection against mild to moderate Covid-19 caused by the variant of the virus dominant in South Africa, researchers announced late on Sunday. The country has now paused its rollout of the vaccine as experts meet this week to discuss the data and how it will shape the country’s use of the jab. The AstraZeneca…
Troops kill 52 bandits in Zamfara forest
Our Reporter No fewer than 52 bandits have been killed in in separate operations including an ambush conducted by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Shinkafi area of Zamfara State. Sources close to ongoing military operations in the state, said the troops encountered the bandits and overwhelmed them with superior firepower. “Troops of operation Hadarin…
Congo faces new Ebola outbreak, months after overcoming one
The Democratic Republic of Congo is working to contain a possible resurgence of Ebola in its east after a case of the deadly hemorrhagic fever was confirmed on Sunday. Kinshasa’s health ministry stopped short of declaring an outbreak but said tests done on a woman who presented with symptoms of the virus before passing away…
Benin probes gun attack on opposition presidential candidate
A Benin presidential candidate was wounded after shots were fired at his car soon after he filed his papers for the April presidential election, family members and the government said on Saturday. Ganiou Soglo, a former minister and son of ex-president Nicephore Soglo, was wounded on Friday on the way to his farm in Zinvie,…