Category: Africa

There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at WHO Headquarters in Geneva that it was also more likely that people who have…

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“Africa imports excessively from the rest of the world, manufactures exceedingly too little and hence trades too little,” Wamkele Meme,  who heads Africa’s free-trade agency, said during a visit to Washington, DC last week. “Africa is increasingly being left behind by the rest of the world in virtually all aspects except poverty and despair,” he…

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21 DECEMBER 2021 As of December 21, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,217,308 while over  173,823,259 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached  226,047 and  8,344,234 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases  3,316,585 and  90,453 people died. Other most-affected countries are…

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Cape Town — The Pretoria High Court has granted former Jacob Zuma leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. This comes after his medical parole was ruled unlawful. Judge Elias Matojane, who said the case raised “an important question in public law”, added that another court may come to a different conclusion regarding his…

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(Reuters) – A South African study suggests reduced risks of hospitalisation and severe disease in people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant versus the Delta one, though the authors say some of that is likely due to high population immunity. Questions about Omicron’s virulence are at the heart of scientific and political debate in many…

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – West African regional bloc ECOWAS hopes Mali’s transitional authorities will finalise a date for elections before the end of this year, its envoy, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, said on Tuesday after meeting interim leaders. An ECOWAS delegation visited the Malian capital, Bamako, to assess progress towards promised elections following a military…

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