Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh has been re-elected for a fifth term after winning more than 98 percent of the vote in Friday’s elections which were boycotted by the main opposition.

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Djibouti veteran ruler Guelleh wins election landslide

India’s top court has rejected an appeal to stop the deportation of some 150 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, where hundreds of civilians have been killed in clashes which flared after the military seized power on 1 February. Over a million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar in successive waves of displacement since the early 1990s.

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Indian court rejects plea to stop Rohingya deportation to coup-hit Myanmar

An alliance of NGOs has called for an investigation in France of four multinational clothing manufacturers, accusing them of profiting from forced labour of China's Uyghur minority.

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NGOs file French complaint against fashion retailers over forced Uyghur labour

Burak Yilmaz and Mehmet Zeki Celik struck after the break to give Lille a 2-0 win at Metz as the northerners opened a provisional six-point gap at top of the Ligue 1 standings on Friday.

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Turkish duo helps Lille open six-point lead in Ligue 1

American pharmaceutical company Pfizer is developing two candidate antiviral drugs to fight Covid-19, in addition to its vaccine that has already been rolled out around the world, the director of the company’s French arm has said.

Pfizer working on 'two more' antiviral drugs to fight Covid

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday called on Canada's provinces to tighten public health measures as an accelerating vaccination program fails to keep pace with surging coronavirus infections.



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Trudeau calls for Canada regions to tighten Covid restrictions

Talon, a multi-millionaire known as the “King of Cotton”, looks all but certain to win re-election in a contest critics say is heavily tilted in his favour. He faces two little-known rivals, Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoue, with most opposition leaders either living in exile or disqualified from running.



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Benin

IBTimes

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Authoritarian slide taints West Africa’s ‘model democracy’ as Benin heads to polls

French national railway SNCF said Thursday it has ordered 12 hydrogen-powered trains to begin tests in four regions in 2023 as it eyes a zero-emissions future with the nascent technology.

Environment

French rail company looks to greener future with zero emission hydrogen trains

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that obligatory vaccinations can be seen as necessary in democratic societies, in a landmark judgement after a complaint brought by Czech families over compulsory jabs for children.

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