Cameroon Election of Octogenarians to Top Posts Draws Mixed Reactions
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — There have been mixed reactions in Cameroon to 88-year-old President Paul Biya’s orders that his party-dominated
Fear and Hostility Simmer as Ethiopia’s Military Keeps Hold on Tigray
Accounts of atrocities keep coming in as the wounded flee to the regional capital, Mekelle, where Tigrayans say they are
Can the World Learn From South Africa’s Vaccine Trials?
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Tanzanian President’s Absence Fuels Speculation About His Health
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US Diplomat Calls on South Sudan to Speed Up Peace Process
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called on South Sudan’s leaders Wednesday to expedite implementation of the 2018 peace
Africa Making Important Inroads on Vaccine Coverage, WHO Says
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization says COVID-19 vaccine distribution in African countries is accelerating and hopeful signs
COVID-19 vaccines touchdown in Sudan and Rwanda, critical for pandemic control
Through the UN-led vaccine initiative COVAX, Sudan and Rwanda have become the latest beneficiaries to receive the livesaving COVID-19 inoculation, UN agencies reported on Wednesday.
Amid turmoil over elections, rising cases in Somalia fuel talk of a new lockdown.
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Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa
Côte d’Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second African nation in a week to benefit from the first shipments of shots from the UN-backed global COVAX initiative, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the international partnership to provide equitable innoculations for all.