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Ugandan Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni said on August 30 that God was using her to transform the education sector and reiterated that “the quality of education is and will continue to change for the better”. In a statement carried by government newspaper, the New Vision, Ms Museveni, who …

About 100,000 Kenyans have not yet received a second dose of the Covid vaccine and many are thought to be holding out for the arrival of other vaccines which they judge to be more effective. The head of Kenya’s vaccine task force warns that many Kenyans risk becoming severely ill …

Researchers in South Africa have detected a new variant of the coronavirus. The C.1.2 strain which has multiple mutations, has not yet been labelled as a variant of concern. Cases of the variant have been recorded in all provinces in South Africa and seven countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and …

In a video posted a week ago, Didier Raoult declared that people who have just been vaccinated are more at risk of developing Covid-19 than those who have not been, without however saying whether it were people vaccinated at one or two doses. This is a new statement, to say …

In a statement marking the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said more than 44,000 people, 45% of them children, are currently declared missing across Africa. About 82% of those missing are said to be from just seven countries with armed conflicts. According …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi denounced the sale of cards proving vaccination against Covid-19. He said the action “endangers the health and life of all”. President Nyusi urged the public to be vigilant. “We want to draw attention, once again, to regret the situation of buying and selling vaccination cards. This …

After two-month delay, national exams will now resume in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). At least 600,000 students are sitting for their final secondary school examinations. The examinations were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The examination has kicked off across the country and will last four days. …

On Monday August 30, the European directorates of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef said teachers and school staff should be among the priority groups for vaccination against Covid-19. Measures to ensure that schools can stay open throughout the pandemic “include offering teachers and other school staff the COVID-19 vaccine as part of …

Among the vaccines available for the vaccination campaign, Johnson & Johnson is the one chosen by the Kenyan authorities for use in hard-to-reach rural areas. Dr Willis Akhwale, chairman of the country’s vaccine working group, justifies this choice by the fact that hospitals in these regions did not have the …

Ethiopia’s rebel fighters say a government blockade on the northern region of Tigray is to blame for the devastation that has left nearly a million people on the verge of starvation,the BBC reports. But the federal government has blamed the situation on them. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which is …