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US airstrike in Somalia said to have killed 6 civilians

MOGADISHU, 12 March 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: A U.S. drone airstrike in Somalia this Tuesday killed at least six civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, according to a Somali lawmaker. The U.S. African Command airstrike in the town of Janale in the lower Shabelle region killed at least six unarmed civilians who were traveling to the capital Mogadishu, Mahad Dhoore, a lawmaker from the Southwest state, told local media on Thursday. "The U.S. African Command (Africom) airstrike hit a minibus carrying unarmed innocent civilians in Janale," Dhoore was quoted as saying. The six civilians killed by the U.S. airstrike include a 13-year-old who was traveling with his family, he added. Africom released a statement saying that the airstrike killed five al-Shabaab terrorists, adding that it had taken measures to avoid civilian

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Japan offers 20 countries drug to fight virus for free

ANKARA, 08 April 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Japan has offered to provide an anti-flu drug free to countries including Turkey to treat coronavirus patients, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday. According to Kyodo News, Motegi said 20 countries could get the drug Avigan, which is currently undergoing clinical tests, including Turkey, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, and Saudi Arabia. Thirty more countries have showed interest in the drug, Motegi told reporters. "We will work with interested countries to expand clinical research on Avigan internationally," the agency quoted him as saying. Avigan, also known as Favipiravir, is an antiviral drug developed by Toyama Chemical of Japan to treat influenza, but researchers in China have also found it effective on coronavirus, the agency

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Latest US shooting shows risks for Black Americans: UN

GENEVA, 29 August 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: A UN human rights office spokesman said Friday that the shooting of Jacob Blake in the US exposes how African Americans continue to be exposed to differentiated and heightened risks in engaging with US law enforcement bodies. Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, was asked to comment at a twice-weekly news briefing on the shooting of Blake. The shooting has re-ignited mass demonstrations against racial inequality in America's criminal justice system. "I think this is a painful reminder of how African Americans continue to be exposed to differentiated and heightened risk when engaging with law enforcement bodies in the United States," said Colville. "And this really tragic episode reaffirms the need for urgent action to

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