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It’s not a ‘second wave’: Covid resurges because safety measures are relaxed or ignored

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COMMENT As we see a resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, particularly in…

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Africa’s COVID-19 case fatality rate surpasses global level

January 22, 2021

Africa’s coronavirus case fatality rate has risen alarmingly to 2.5%, higher than the global level of 2.2%, the head of...
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Kenya braces for return of devastating locust swarms

January 22, 2021

Swarms of desert locusts have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak...
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UN envoy says Central African Republic needs more peacekeepers

January 22, 2021

The United Nations must deploy many more peacekeepers to Central African Republic to support government troops depleted by mass desertions...
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Nigeria approves release of $16.9 mln to set up oxygen plants amid COVID-19 surge

January 22, 2021

Nigeria’s president has approved the release of 6.45 billion naira ($16.94 million) to set up oxygen production plants in 38...
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Mali to buy 8.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

January 22, 2021

Mali plans to buy over 8.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine and expects to start a vaccination campaign in April,...
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Access to oxygen is a critical need in Africa: Africa CDC

January 22, 2021

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) Director, Dr. John Nkengasong, says access to oxygen is a...
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No one should be as rich as Elon Musk

January 21, 2021

The reactions to Elon Musk’s billionaire status are evidence that far too many South Africans have not fully grasped the...
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Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases

January 21, 2021

The death on Wednesday of Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo because of Covid-19 complications came as the country is in...
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Secret meetings with Zuma could sink Mkhwebane

January 21, 2021

Alleged lies about clandestine meetings with former president Jacob Zuma could sink public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who is facing three...
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Asked and answered: Six things you need to know about the new Covid-19 variant in South Africa

January 21, 2021

South Africa’s department of health gathered the country’s best and brightest for a virtual briefing on Monday evening. Here scientists...
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News24.com | Minister Pandor sends condolences to Zimbabwe after foreign minister Moyo’s death

January 21, 2021

Sibusiso Moyo looks on during a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov. (Photo...
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News24.com | Covid-19 shots to cost $3 to $10 under African Union vaccine plan

January 21, 2021

BUSINESS African countries will pay between $3 (R44.65) and $10 (R148.85) per vaccine dose to access 270 million Covid-19 shots...
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News24.com | Ramaphosa taking wait-and-see approach to re-election of Uganda’s Museveni

January 21, 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS) President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking a wait-and-see approach on the outcome of the Ugandan elections, which...
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Kenya Sees Green Turtle Baby Boom on its Southern Coastlines

January 21, 2021

Green Turtle Babies are Booming in Kenya! Kenya's beaches are nesting sites for a variety of different turtles — including...
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‘World champions’ Washington, Leto, Malek face off in ‘The Little Things’

January 21, 2021

Denzel Washington has played some iconic cops over the years, but he doesn't get hung up on things like that....

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