Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

A press conference is held on the publication of a white paper on China’s fight against COVID-19 by the State Council Information Office in Beijing on June 7, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn] China publishes white paper on fight against COVID-19 (full text) BEIJING – China on Sunday issued a white paper on the country’s battle […]

The UK has the second highest recorded coronavirus death toll in the world after the US The UK has the second highest recorded coronavirus death toll in the world after the US Another 204 people have died of coronavirus in the UK, bringing the total figure to 40,465, the Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed. […]

Hydroxychloroquine pills. | AP Photo/John Locher | John Locher/AP Photo The withdrawal of a high-profile study panning a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential coronavirus cure comes at a precarious moment. Public faith in scientific expertise is already politicized and even coronavirus drugs are seen through a partisan prism.The prestigious medical […]

Abdelmalek Droukdel, aka Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the head of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), seen here in a screen grab from a propaganda video released by the group. © Screen grab  French forces have killed the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France’s Defence […]

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, May 18, 2020   –   Copyright  CHRISTOPHER BLACK / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / AFP  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday broadened its recommendations for the use of masks during the coronavirus pandemic.It is now advising that in areas where the virus is spreading people should wear fabric masks when social distancing is not possible, such […]

A drawing representing Covid-19. AFP – JOEL SAGET The Covid-19 pandemic is now “under control” in France, the head of the government’s scientific advisory council said Friday, as the country cautiously lifts a lockdown imposed in March.  “We can reasonably say the virus is currently under control,” Jean-François Delfraissy told France Inter radio. “The virus is still circulating, […]

Fighters loyal to the U.N.-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) celebrate together in the Qasr bin Ghashir district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on June 4, 2020 (AFP Photo)  The Libyan army liberated Tarhuna shortly after entering the city center and taking over Al-Dawoon district in the east from the militia of warlord […]

President Donald Trump tweeted out a letter Thursday that referred to a group of protesters as “terrorists,” following their violent ouster from a park near the White House earlier this week. The letter is signed by Trump’s former lawyer John Dowd and addressed to “Jim” in a probable reference to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. It lambasted […]

Civil rights protests shaking the United States have resonated with many in Australia, which also wrestles with the legacy of a racist past Saeed KHAN AFP/File  Australian police on Friday moved to ban a Black Lives Matter protest planned in Sydney, citing the risk of spreading the coronavirus. Around 10,000 people are expected to march in […]

A pharmacist holds a bottle of the drug hydroxychloroquine in Oakland, Calif. in April 2020.   –   Copyright  Ben Margot/AP Three of the authors of a study which found that taking an anti-malaria drug could increase the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients retracted their paper on Thursday. The study, released on May 22 in The Lancet medical journal, […]