Day: July 9, 2021

New Research Highlights Need for Health-Systems Approach to Vision Care

Study in The Gambia underscores success of local approach and policymaking. DALLAS, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A recent study of OneSight Vision Centers in The Gambia offers new insight into the importance of implementing a strengthening program for services that address poor vision through a health system lens. The study,

Cameroon Begins Campaign Against Hate Speech

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Cameroon has launched a campaign against what it calls online hate speech, which officials blame for social conflict and damaging the central African state’s image. Rights groups, however, note that along with xenophobic statements…

France to Pull More Than 2,000 Troops From Africa’s Sahel

PARIS – France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa’s Sahel region by early next year and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Macron announced…

As France Plans to Shrink Sahel Force, Jihadi Threat Grows

GAO, MALI – During a grueling, weekslong mission in northern Mali, French soldiers were confronted by a familiar threat: Extremists trying to impose the same strict Islamic rule that preceded France’s military intervention here more than eight years ag…