Guinea-Bissau Confirms Controversial US-Funded Vaccine Trial is Suspended: Health Minister

The decision came after a medical ethics committee found the US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial’s scientific design was not properly evaluated, Guinea-Bissau’s new Health Minister, Quinhin Nantote, announced.

The trial planned to delay the hepatitis…

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Major DRC University to Make Russian Language Mandatory, Says RUDN Rector

The Free University of Kinshasa in the DR Congo has formed 14 study groups comprising 280 first-year students for the new compulsory program, supported by the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), according to RUDN Rector Oleg Yastrebov.

RUDN,…

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Nigeria’s Cashew Sector Generates Over $400 Million in Export Revenue, Industry Leaders Say

Cashews have contributed to the recent growth in Nigerian non-oil exports, with over 300,000 tonnes shipped in 2025, according to Sheriff Balogun, President of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria.

However, the sector…

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