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The information has been confirmed by the country’s authorities. A small plane crashed on Tuesday evening in the eastern Jonglei State, killing all the 10 people on board. It happened at Pieri airstrip shortly after take-off while heading to the capital, Juba. The plane belonged to a local aviation company, …

More African countries have received their first batches of the coronavirus vaccines under the global Covax scheme. Kenya received more than a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday, becoming the third East African country to benefit from the UN-backed distribution initiative. The doses are enough to vaccinate 500,000 …

South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they are investigating the deaths of two people, both with pre-existing conditions, who died within days of receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. A 63-year-old nursing home patient with cerebrovascular disease, developed symptoms including high fever, after being given the vaccine four days ago, Korea Disease …

By way of the COVAX initiative, more than 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines touched down at Kinshasa’s N’djili International Airport on Tuesday The vaccines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are part of the first wave of supplies that will continue over the next few weeks. Medical …

Texas will lift its mask requirement and allow businesses to reopen at full capacity next week, Governor Greg Abbott has announced. Texas is the largest US state to end its mask mandate. Mr Abbott has faced criticism from his party over the measure, which was imposed last July. But the …

The US embassy in Cameroon has called for an investigation into a military raid of a village last year in which soldiers have been accused of raping at least 20 people. The details of the attack only came to light after Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on 26 …

Charlotte Dipanda has made her choice. Asked about her preference between Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o, the Cameroonian singer spoke bluntly. Unsurprisingly, she prefers her compatriot, a choice that is not just patriotic. Currently in full promotion of her new album of 10 titles entitled: “CD”, the Cameroonian music star …

According to researchers Frank Nyonator and Ken Sagoe, this West African country lost 50% of its nursing workforce between 1995 and 2005 despite certain advantages (free housing and bonuses) to curb this brain drain. In 2016, there were only 3,365 doctors, or 1 per 8,500 inhabitants. Ghana is not alone …

Denouncing an “obvious militarization of the political climate” following the violent clashes at the home of candidate Yaya Dillo, opponent Saleh Kebzabo withdrew from the presidential race on April 11. While the latter still claims the Chadian government for its campaign costs during the previous election, he doubts the transparency …

A decision by South Korean health authorities to allow more doses to be extracted from coronavirus vaccine vials sparked controversy on Tuesday as the country ramped up its vaccinations of healthcare workers and the elderly. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) had allowed healthcare workers to use the …