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AU-EU summit ends with no breakthrough on vaccines, but there were some positives

The two day summit between leaders of the European Union and the African Union finished in Brussels. There were some results, but critics said they were disappointed with the final outcome.

Radio France Internationale

How trying to copy a COVID vaccine changes the outlook for African countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six African countries that will receive technology to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. This comes off the back of the news that a South African consortium – part of the WHO’s technology transfer hub set up in 2021– had successfully replicated…

The Conversation

Six African countries to get mRNA technology to make own vaccines

Six African countries have been selected to set up their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday – a first step for a continent which has been largely shut out of access to Covid jabs.

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S2, EP12: Child soldiers fighting for Boko Haram in Nigeria, Kenya breast cancer patients gifted with wigs

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent, with our African correspondents. In Nigeria, our reporter looks into how Boko Haram and ISWAP forces children into becoming child soldiers; and from Kenya, one hair stylist brings joy to her clients who are suffering…

Radio France Internationale

This scientist is the lizard king, and he just found another one from the age of dinosaurs

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Bauer has traveled the world in search of lizards, logging more than 2 million miles in his quest to identify new species and determine how they fit into the tree of life. He has made more than 100 trips to southern Africa alone.

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Six African countries to begin making mRNA vaccines as part of WHO scheme

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia first countries to be assisted by global mRNA hub

The Guardian - UK

UK Lassa fever death highlights global threat of infectious diseases, experts say

Cases of illness normally seen in west Africa are ‘stark reminder’ of need to invest in outbreak preparedness

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Live: Follow the EU-AU summit closing announcements from Brussels

Senegalese President Macky Sall, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel make closing remarks Friday at the end of the two-day European Union-African Union summit in Brussels. Follow the press conference live on FRANCE 24.

France 24

Frustration grows in Nigeria at continuing fuel shortage

A prolonged fuel shortage in Nigeria, Africa’s top crude oil producer, has provoked growing frustration and many citizens are demanding government action

The Independent UK

Six African Countries to Receive mRNA Vaccine Technology

The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. The six countries have been chosen to build vaccine production factories as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

London Fashion Week kicks off with brands feeling pressure from activists

London Fashion Week is back, with an increasing share of brands cutting the use of fur and aiming to show off their green credentials. We find out more. But first, we take a closer look at the EU's new €150 billion investment plan for Africa.

France 24

Six African countries to kick off mRNA vaccines production

The WHO said it would work with these countries to develop a roadmap of training and support to produce the jabs.

Al Jazeera

African countries to get mRNA vaccine technology in WHO project

The World Health Organization said on Friday six African countries - Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia - would be the first on the continent to receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines.

Reuters

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Malawi detects polio, first wild case in Africa in over 5 years

Malawi has declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Al Jazeera

Malawi finds wild polio case; first in Africa in five years

Investigation shows infection is linked to a strain circulating in Pakistan’s Sindh province as WHO sends assistance.

Al Jazeera

EU launches reset with AU after pandemic disruption

The European Union will offer several packages of support at the summit to bolster health and education in Africa.

France 24

After Mali withdrawal: Sahel insecurity, coup contagion dominate EU-AU summit

Europe and Africa already had more than enough in their in-tray going into their first Brussels summit in nearly eight years. Now you can add coup contagion and the pullout of French-led anti-terror forces from Mali. The day began in Paris for key players in the Sahel. Will the crisis…

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Prince William's emotional explanation for proposing to Kate Middleton in Kenya

Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton with his late mother Diana's ring during a romantic holiday in Africa, which 'holds a very special place' in his heart

The Independent UK

EU praises vaccine cooperation with Africa at summit

European Union leaders have lauded the bloc’s cooperation with Africa on vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus, but there is no sign they will move toward the temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots

Reuters

African leader asks Europe of COVID response: 'Are we equal?'

Sierra Leone's leader challenged Europeans on Thursday to remember there are "human beings on the other side" in Africa who have been left behind in the unequal global response to COVID-19.

The Independent UK

WTO leader Okonjo-Iweala chosen to address MIT grads

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, has been named the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s commencement

The Conversation

Africa's relations with the EU: a reset is possible if Europe changes its attitude

Summits between the African Union and European Union are essential to setting the big picture agenda of contemporary Africa-EU relations. They also carry weight because of their potential to ensure that African perspectives are also prioritised within the relationship.

The Conversation

The fighting spirit of young African footballers who migrate overseas

When Sadio Mané scored the decisive penalty to secure Senegal’s triumph over Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Isaak, a professional Ghanaian footballer in his late 20s, could not have been further away from the action. Watching the final online in his room in eastern Thailand, Isaak’s…

The Conversation

Free of sanctions, Burundi can start to recover and rebuild

Since 2015, crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and the US have held back the economy of Burundi, a landlocked country of 12.5 million people in east Africa. The sanctions were imposed in response to the government’s violation of human rights as well as violence. We asked professor…

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