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January 22
Africa: Over 2.8 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Across Continent
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As of January 22, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,364,291. Reported deaths in Africa reached 82,789 and 2,809,930 people have recovered. Read more »
Africa: How Biden Can 'Build Back Better' U.S. Africa Policy [guest column]
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The direction that President Joe Biden will give to the U.S.-Africa relationship will be highly scrutinized as he brings America’s diplomacy back to the global stage.… Read more »
Africa: Former U.S. Officials Call on Biden to Back WTO Selection for Okonjo-Iweala [document]
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A cross-section of former senior U.S. government officials, including a Nobel Laureate, along with academicians and civil society leaders, have written to President Biden in… Read more »
Africa: Nigeria Customs Wants Role in AfCFTA Implementation Explained
This Day
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for a proper explanation of its clear-cut roles in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Read more »
Africa: Nigeria Will Maintain Position As Regional Leader in Oil, Gas Industry - President
Leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Nigeria will strengthen its position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry, even as he said that his administration will spare… Read more »
Africa: U.K. Africa Investment Conference - Africa Is the World's Next Business Frontier, Says AfDB's Akinwumi Adesina
African Development Bank
African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina said on Wednesday that Africa remained fertile ground for investment, but much hinged on the continent's ability to boost its healthcare sector. Read more »
Africa: Africa in Danger of Being Left Behind in Covid-19 Vaccination - WHO
Premium Times
Guinea is the only low-income country on the continent to have received doses, with only 25 people vaccinated so far. Read more »
Africa: Nwanze - We're Committed to Meeting Africa's Energy Demand
This Day
The Chief Finance Officer, TNOG Oil & Gas Limited, a subsidiary of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Sam Nwanze, in this interview on 'Arise Xchange,' a programme monitored on AriseTV, sheds… Read more »
Africa: Experts Call for Stronger UK-Africa Collaboration
This Day
A panel of experts has called for a stronger collaboration between the United Kingdom and Africa on mass access to electricity and infrastructure-led recovery from the catastrophic… Read more »
January 21
Africa: Continent Nears 82,000 Covid-19 Deaths
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As of January 21, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,336,851. Reported deaths in Africa reached 81,762 and 2,772,575 people have recovered. Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 'Vaccine Hoarding' Putting Africa At Risk - WHO
UN News
Africa is in danger of being left behind in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as countries in other regions strike bilateral deals, thus driving up prices, the World Health… Read more »
Africa: Biden to End Trump-Era Anti-Abortion 'Global Gag Rule'
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The new president will revoke a policy which prevents foreign groups providing abortion services or counselling from receiving U.S. funding Read more »
Africa: U.K. Africa Investment Summit - Renewable Energy Critical Driver of Africa's Post-Covid-19 Growth Recovery and Economic Prosperity, Panel Says
African Development Bank
Renewable energy will be a critical driver of Africa's post-COVID-19 growth recovery and economic prosperity, panelists in a 2021 UK Africa Investment Summit event said Wednesday, as they called for a stronger partnership between the United Kingdom and Africa. Read more »
Africa: What Might Biden's U.S.-Africa Policy Look Like? [analysis]
DW
US President Joe Biden's decision to lift the ban on travel to the US by citizens of majority-Muslim countries has already won praise in Africa. But governments aren't expecting… Read more »
Africa: Africa Needs Timely Access to Safe and Effective Covid-19 Vaccines
WHO
While the development and approval of safe and effective vaccines less than a year after the emergence of COVID-19 is a stunning achievement, Africa is in danger of being left… Read more »
Africa: AU Member States Adopt Digital Covid Certificates
East African
African Union member states will from this month start using digital Covid-19 certificates as one way of eliminating travel restrictions that were occassioned by outbreak of… Read more »
Africa: WHO Head Tedros Praises Resumed U.S. Commitment to Global Health Cooperation [document]
WHO
On Thursday 21 January, the day following the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the leading U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci,… Read more »
Africa: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Remarks at the World Health Organization Executive Board Meeting [document]
HHS
Director-General Dr. Tedros, distinguished representatives, friends and colleagues: Read more »
Africa: AfDB, EIB Seal Deal to Enhance Africa's Development
This Day
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) yesterday signed a joint partnership action plan on how to boost public and private sector investment in… Read more »
Africa: Second Cohort of Accomplished African Women Join Leadership Initiative Founded by Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
EJS Center
The Amujae Initiative prepares women to excel in the highest echelons of public leadership, and to bring other women along.
The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) has announced the second cohort of accomplished African women to join its flagship program, the Amujae Initiative. Read more »
Africa: Report Exposes 'Unethical' Recruitment of Doctors in the UK from Low-Resource Countries [document]
South African Medical Journal
The recent 'The state of medical education and practice in the UK 2020' report from the General Medical Council (GMC) reveals that in 2019, doctors who obtained their medical… Read more »
Africa: When Football Clubs Are Less Successful, Fans Are More Loyal to Each Other [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Football fans tend to be highly loyal to their group, just as the kin groups of our ancestral past would have been. This intense state of belonging, when a person feels as one with… Read more »
Africa: How African Body Markings Were Used to Construct the Idea of Race in Colonial Brazil [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In the 1700s, the gold rush in southeast Brazil created a high demand for mining labour. The Minas Gerais region became one of the main destinations for African slaves. For the… Read more »
Africa: Why Healthy Food and Its Local Production Should Be Part of the Covid-19 Response [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
When a pandemic hits, questions that immediately arise include what impact there will be on public health, the economy and other aspects of society. Another set of questions… Read more »
Africa: Amnesty and FA Launch Guide for Increasing Refugee Women's Participation in Football [press release]
AI London
Amnesty International UK, in partnership with the English Football Association, have today launched a free guide and online training series which aims to increase refugee women's… Read more »
Africa: AU Working to Secure Vaccines for Africa
SAnews.gov.za
South Africa's six key priorities of the African Union (AU) have had to take a backseat due to COVID-19, with President Cyril Ramaphosa leading the continent's response to the… Read more »
Africa: Access Bank to Expand to 8 African Countries
Daily Trust
Access Bank Plc has identified eight African countries for a potential expansion as it seeks to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. Read more »
Africa: WhatsApp Has Been Mining Your Data All Along
New Frame
The messaging application's updated privacy policy has users crying foul and jumping ship. But they are just telling you what they have already been doing. Read more »

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Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine Equity or Face Global Moral Failure - WHO

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Outgoing U.S. Africa Official Cites ‘Concrete Achievements'

UK Copper Firms Settle Pollution Claim With Zambian Villagers

'Gigantic' Galaxies Discovered by South African Radio Telescope

Women's Rights Campaigner Musu Bakoto Sawo - African of the Year

Shot in the Arm for 'Great Green Wall' Initiative

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