COVID-19: Africa secures 270 million vaccine doses

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COVID-19: Africa secures 270 million vaccine doses

Chairperson of the African Union (AU) President Cyril Ramaphosa said efforts to secure a COVID-19 vaccine for the continent were always collaborative

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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Africa: World Has Failed to Protect 1 Billion Children From Violence, Sexual Abuse - UN Warns

The report is the first of its kind, charting progress in 155 countries against the "INSPIRE" framework, a set of seven strategies for preventing and responding to violence against

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S. Africa to ease Covid-19 lockdown

South Africa will ease the Covid-19 lockdown from level four to level three beginning from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday amid a surge in confirmed

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Rwanda: Call for Concerted Efforts By Families in COVID-19 Fight

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Kenya wins UN Security Council seat

Kenya on Thursday evening won the Africa seat at the UN Security Council after garnering 129 votes against Djibouti's 62 votes in the second round of

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On Thursday, January 14, 2021 from 7:30 until 8:30 PM, the International African Arts Festival in conjunction with the National Association of Kawaida Organizations will hold their first virtual program of the new year entitled: Marcus Garvey Goes Home to Africa. The program will focus on efforts

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Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s (D-Sacramento) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (ACA 6) passed out of the California State Senate last week.   The bill, known as the Free the Vote Act, will seek voters approval in the 2020 November election to restore voting rights to former inmates who are free

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Nigeria: President Buhari to AfDB President, Adesina: "I'll Stand by You"

State House — President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his bid to get re-elected as President of the African Development Bank

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President Bio eases corona lockdown measures – but airport will remain closed

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African Union chief condemns US police killing of George Floyd

The head of the African Union Commission on Friday condemned the killing by police of an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota which has sparked protests across the

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South Africa: More Industries to Reopen Soon

When President Ramaphosa announced in May that the country would be moving to alert level 3 from 1 June, he said government would give consideration to re-opening other sectors of the economy, if the necessary safety precautions were put in place and

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South Africa: SA, Lesotho Work Towards Shared Vision - President Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a shared vision and strategy between South Africa and Lesotho to revive the economy in the aftermath of

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Ramaphosa outlines ANC priorities for 2021 in January 8th statement

Ramaphosa, in the historic January 8th statement, said the ANC's immediate priority is to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Africa's Court of Human Rights On the Brink of Collapse

"Individuals and NGOs are currently the only ones bringing cases to the African humans rights court," former deputy chairman of the ACHPR, Fatsah Ouguergouz, told

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3 civilians killed, 2 injured in crossfire of AU firefight with Al-Shabaab in Somalia

Mogadishu – The African Union (AU) said that three civilians were killed and two others injured during a firefight between its forces in Somalia and Islamists from the Al-Shabaab

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Mumbai - Ten million health care workers in India will be the first to get the Covid-19 vaccine whenever it becomes available. As in other countries, the first vaccine doses will be given to frontline workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, sanitary staff, surveillance officers, and

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PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy launched

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Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo

In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to

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Djibouti: Kenya, Djibouti Set for Run-Off Vote in Contest for UNSC Membership

Nairobi — Africa will know its third non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2021-2022 after Thursday's run-off vote by the United Nations General Assembly to elect new temporary

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UNSC seat battle reveals fracture within AU states

Kenya’s bruising campaign to capture the United Nations Security Council seat has exposed fractures within the African Union, as Djibouti and its supporters fought to the very end in defiance of the continental body’s endorsement of Nairobi’s sole

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Dispute over Nile project moves to African Union

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Africa: 'Big Man' Politics Still Destroying Africa - the AU Must Speak Out and Intervene

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Africa: U.S. Economist Tips Entrepreneurs on Continental, Global Trade

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