A reported coup in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has left many members of the security forces dead, its president says. Umaro Cissoko Embaló said the situation was under control, calling it a “failed attack against democracy”. Gunfire erupted near a government building on Tuesday in the capital Bissau[Read More…]
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Senegal Records First Omicron Case In Tourist Who Attended Demonstration
Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who attended a demonstration in the capital Dakar last month with about 300 people of varying nationalities, testing lab IRESSEF said on Sunday. The 58-year-old man was visiting from another West African country and[Read More…]