Mon 30 August 2021: Recently published research has revealed that the new COVID-19 variant C.1.2 has been identified in South Africa. According to the researchers, there are concerns that this SARS-CoV-2 variant of interest (VOI) has been associated with increased transmissibility, neutralisation resistance, and disease severity. “Here we report the identification of a potential variant […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: France will be providing 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines for Africa over the next three months, President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced on Monday. The jabs “will be allocated and distributed in the framework of the (African Union’s) African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) and Covax,” the partnership for equitable […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: As government’s fight against corruption gathers momentum, it is clear that the state needs to urgently review its current approach not only to witness protection, but also to the broader protection of whistleblowers. The President made the declaration on Monday in the latest edition of his weekly newsletter in the wake […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: At least 10,000 children in South Africa have dropped out of school since the pandemic started, with students learning half or less than average in 2020 due to coronavirus, the education ministry said Sunday. Face-to-face lessons have only partially resumed since South Africa’s schools reopened in June last year, after more […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: French energy giant TotalEnergies’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, which was halted several times due to insurgency in the region, could be back on track within the next 18 months after African armies were deployed to help, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Friday. Total declared […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: South Africa is expecting to receive at least 2.2 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses at the weekend. This was announced by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Friday. The doses were donated by the United States of America via the COVAX facility – an international group lobbying for the equal […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: Algerian authorities are moving towards transporting gas directly to Spain through MEDGAS and dispensing with pipelines that cross Moroccan territory, RT reported. During a meeting held by Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab, with the Spanish Ambassador to Algeria, Fernando Moran Calvo Sotelo, Arkab stressed his country’s full commitment to ensuring […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: COVID-19 vaccinations in Africa tripled over the past week, though protecting even 10 percent of the continent by the end of September remains “a very daunting task,” the Africa director of the World Health Organization said Thursday. Meanwhile, the continent saw 248,000 new confirmed cases over the past week, with at least 24 […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: Swift police action has led to the arrest of seven suspects in connection with the recent callous murder of senior Gauteng Department of Health finance official, Babita Deokaran. The breakthrough in the case was on Friday confirmed by National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole. The late Chief Director was gunned down […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: The White House announced Thursday that the US is sending more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Algeria, Ghana, and Yemen, bolstering efforts to prevent a third wave of the pandemic across Africa. The supplies, which will arrive before the end of the week, according to a White House […]
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