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Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response

On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years COVID-19 would go on to infect nearly half a billion people, killing over 6 million…

The Conversation

IMF chief says Africa vulnerable to higher food, fuel prices due to Ukraine war

Africa's economic outlook is particularly vulnerable to higher food and fuel prices prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as to reduced tourism revenues and diminished access to financial services.

Reuters

Africa CDC signs MOU with Pfizer to supply COVID-19 pills

The confirmation from Africa’s top public health agency comes within days of Modena and J&J announcing deals in Africa.

Al Jazeera

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What is the Commonwealth as its 75th anniversary approaches?

Commonwealth Day is held in March and another significant milestone is set to be celebrated

Evening Standard

Prince William faces backlash over 'horrific comment' about war in Africa and Europe

Prince William and Kate Middleton visited the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in West London yesterday to meet volunteers sorting through aid to those affected by the Russian invasion of the country

Daily Mirror

Deluded Daniel Kinahan claims he was no angel but only wants to help people now

Kinahan is set for a lengthy sit down with James English

Irish Mirror

Fuel shortages disrupt domestic flight schedules in Nigeria

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and oil producer, is experiencing fuel shortages on a massive scale.

Al Jazeera

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Prince William caught in social media storm after comments about Ukraine war

The second in line to the throne spoke to volunteers at Ukrainian cultural centre

The Independent UK

Ukraine war-related inflation may drive protests and riots, World Bank warns

Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine could exacerbate existing food security concerns in the Middle East and Africa, and may fuel growing social unrest, World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said.

Reuters

Embracing uncertainty: what Kenyan herders can teach us about living in a volatile world

Loura Ekaale sits down on his carved wooden stool. He sips a cup of black instant coffee, a substance he has taken to calling his “medicine” (inexplicably, he claims it helps him fall asleep). I have been making it for him each afternoon, with my small gas cooker. This has…

The Conversation

Charity rescues 600 discarded prosthetic legs now destined for Africa on 950-mile road trip

Around 5,000 prosthetic legs end up in UK landfill every year

Wales Online

Social media is being misused in Kenya's political arena. Why it's hard to stop it

The information landscape in Africa – as elsewhere in the world – has expanded exponentially over the last decade. The proliferation of platform media, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, has been instrumental in this expansion. This has created important new debating spaces.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: fresh warning that Africa needs to be vigilant against Russia's destabilising influence

It’s commonly held that Russian president Vladimir Putin’s objective for invading Ukraine is to install a puppet regime that is pliable to Moscow’s interests. If so, this would be consistent with the approach Russia has taken with its forays into Africa in recent years.

The Conversation

What the Zulu kingship judgment tells us about the future of South African customary law

Following the death of AmaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini on 12 March 2021 in South Africa, the royal family convened on 24 March 2021 and appointed Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu as regent. Although the king’s third wife, she was his great wife – a royal consort who, by Zulu law, births…

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Benzinga

South African Cannabis Firm Cilo Cybin To List On JSE As It Launches First Range Of CBD Products

South Africa has emerged as another burgeoning cannabis market, even though marijuana use remains taboo among a vast majority of the country’s population. Still, an increasing number of consumers are becoming more open to the idea of cannabis use.

Reuters

Ukraine to pull troops and equipment from U.N. missions

Ukraine will repatriate troops and equipment, including helicopters, involved in U.N. peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe to bolster defences at home in the face of Russia's invasion, a U.N. official said.

The Guardian - UK

‘Their weapon is your shame’: toxic abuse from Nigeria’s loan sharks

Unemployment and inflation in Africa’s largest economy is driving the desperate to unscrupulous loan companies

The Independent UK

WHO Africa’s 1st woman leader helps continent fight COVID

Small in stature, big in presence, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is the first woman to lead the World Health Organization’s Africa office, the capstone of her trailblazing career in which she has overcome discrimination in apartheid South Africa to become one of the world’s top health administrators

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US company Moderna signs agreement to build Covid vaccine factory in Kenya

US vaccine maker Moderna announced Monday that it would build its first mRNA jab-manufacturing facility in Africa after signing an agreement with Kenya's government to produce up to 500 million doses a year.

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war: decoding how African countries voted at the UN

In recent weeks the world has witnessed the most tense moments in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This was evident in the deliberations and voting by members of the United Nations on resolutions calling on Russia to halt its invasion and withdraw its forces from Ukraine.

The Conversation

South Africa's military is set for personnel reforms. Why it matters

South Africa has the 26th most powerful military in the world, up from 32nd in 2012. It is ranked second in Africa, after Egypt. But, analysts have for years warned that the country’s military is in a state of critical decline. The defence ministry and military leaders have lamented the…

Axios

#AfricansInUkraine: Escaping students describe rejection at the border

The racist incidents added individual agony to the desperate nationwide exodus.

France 24

Migration routes: UN organisations call for collective effort to save lives

In tonight's edition: In a historic call to action, a dozen international organisations urge countries to do more to support the thousands of vulnerable people who head out on migration routes every year. Also, Nigeria is hit hard by a fuel crisis, despite being Africa's biggest oil producer. Finally, oyster…

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia’s Ukraine invasion a threat to world’s ‘breadbasket,’ some prices already surging

It’s threatening the food supply in Africa, Asia and Europe that rely on the vast, fertile farmlands of the Black Sea region and could send more people into poverty.

Benzinga

Moderna To Set Up mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility In Kenya

Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) would set up a manufacturing facility in Kenya, its first in Africa, to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, including COVID-19 shots. Moderna expects to invest about $500 million in the Kenyan facility and supply as many as 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines to the continent each year. It also…

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