Blast rocks Somalia capital

Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an explosion that has killed eight people and injured seventeen in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission or TRRC, has released its final report on abuses committed during ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. Campaigns against gender-based violence have made some gains, but the pandemic has put progress at risk, says Zebib Kavuma, UN Women Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa. Liberia singer Miatta Fahnbulleh on receiving a Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of her longevity in the music business. A WHO report highlights an increased resistance of the HIV virus to older types of antiretroviral drugs and encourages the use of newer alternatives.

(Photo: A general view of a destroyed building of Mocaasir primary and secondary school at a bomb explosion site in Mogadishu, Somalia, on November 25, 2021. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)