Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has now taken over the helm of the African Union to serve as the chairman for one-year. He replaces his south African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, following the African Union’s 34th summit on Saturday. But Tshisekedi faces big challenges this year with …
Read More »South Africa gets first batch of Covid-19 vaccines
South Africa, the most affected country by the coronavirus pandemic on the African continent, has received its first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines. The one million doses will be given to healthcare workers who have been battling the virus in the continent’s worst-hit country but no date has been set …
Read More »African authorities will meet WHO boss over covid-19s vaccine
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 …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa disagrees with rich nations attitude in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has condemned so-called vaccine nationalism by the world’s wealthiest countries. Addressing the World Economic Forum online, he said some governments had ordered far more coronavirus vaccines than they needed. Without naming any countries, he appealed to them to release surplus stocks so that others …
Read More »Jacob Zuma once again snubs anti-graft commission
South African ex-president Jacob Zuma will once again not appear on a commission probing suspicions of widespread corruption, one of his lawyers, Eric Mabuza has said. The move has sparked legal repercussions within the country’s legal fraternity. Cathleen Powell is an Associate Professor in public law at the University of …
Read More »African Union Obtains 270 Million Coronavirus Vaccines
“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 …
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