MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ​from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...

THE USAID- US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HAS PLEDGED $2.3M TO PROCURE 4.8M MALARIA PREVENTION TABLETS FROM NIGERIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY. (PHOTO).


 The USAID - US Agency for International Development, has pledged $2.3 million to procure 4.8 million malaria prevention tablets from Nigerian pharmaceutical company.


A statement by the US consulate in Lagos indicates that the procurement is part of the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, highlighting America’s ongoing support for Nigeria’s healthcare system, especially in providing life-saving treatments to vulnerable communities. 


It explains that the USAID’s commitment is set to strengthen access to affordable, high-quality malaria medication across Nigeria and West Africa.


The statement says in a milestone development, Nigerian Phamaceutical company (Swipha) recently earned WHO prequalification for its sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine tablets, becoming the first pharmaceutical company in West Africa to do so.

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