Guinea-Bissau
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14,000 African newborns "lottery-assigned," half to forgo vaccination for six weeks after birth — US CDC-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau triggers ethics storm
The ethics committee at the University of Southern Denmark this week voted to approve a trial that would delay hepatitis B vaccination for half of African newborns by six weeks; a founding member resigned citing "major ethical concerns," and three additional committee members subsequently followed; the trial is funded with $1.6 million by the US CDC and has been publicly praised by US Secretary of Health and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as central to the government's vaccine agend
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsNearly a year after the coup, Guinea-Bissau's election remains undecided; Senegal presses on ECOWAS's behalf as mediator
The presidential and parliamentary elections originally scheduled for December in Guinea-Bissau face uncertainty, with the national electoral commission warning that conditions for voting are not in place. Senegal is mediating on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States, demanding that the military junta lift restrictions on political and civic activity and provide clear guarantees of a return to civilian rule.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsGuinea-Bissau Electoral Commission Says Conditions Not in Place for December Vote, Democratic Transition Stalls Under Military Rule
Guinea-Bissau's National Electoral Commission announced this week that conditions are not yet in place for the legislative and presidential elections originally scheduled for December. A year after a military coup ousted then-President Embaló, military leaders still control the transitional process, and whether the vote will be postponed remains uncertain. The latest remarks cast a further shadow over prospects for restoring civilian rule and underscore the fragility of democratic resilience in
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