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The Africa Centre for Disease Control says the African Union (AU) has secured an additional 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for its members. This comes on top of another 270 million announced earlier. It is estimated that Africa will need 1.5 billion vaccine doses to vaccinate 60% of its …

Health and finance ministers from Africa are to meet the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss about equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. “I will tell them that we are doing everything that we can to accelerate the roll out of vaccines in Africa. To save lives and …

The head of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat on Tuesday urged Kenya and Somalia to exercise restraint, and de-escalate tensions along their borders. “I’m following the tensions on the Kenya-Somalia border with concern, and urge the two neighbors to exercise restraint and engage in dialogue in conformity with the …

“The African Union obtained 270 million vaccines against Covid-19 for the continent” said the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa“We have gone a step further to obtain vaccines independently using our own limited resources.” The vaccines, of which at least 50 million will be available between April and June, will be …

African Union is worried about central African republic’s actual situation. Facing the upsurge of violence that make rage in the country, African union condemns and challenges. In a statement published Monday, the African’s union president Moussa Faki Mohamat has expressed his concerns facing the turns of the events in Central …