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UK abandons vaccine passport plans, health minister says

September 13, 2021

A boy at COVID-19 test station as he entered his new secondary school for the first time at Wales High school, Sheffield, England, Sept 3, 2021. (RUI VIEIRA/AP) ADDIS ABABA / ATHENS / JOHANNESBURG - The UK will abandon plans to call for proof of vaccination to enter venues, and...

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Distributed Energy System Built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network (BLN) and Whive Protocol, Piloted in East Africa

September 8, 2021

TALLINN, EE, Sep 8, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - BitHub Africa in collaboration with Hivos East Africa deployed its first blockchain-backed sustainable energy workable solution called the Melanin Smart Box (MSBX) at a Maasai village known as Singiraine in Kajiado, Kenya. This deployment follows five years of research...

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WHO: Ebola, COVID-19 risk straining W. Africa health systems

August 20, 2021

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) NAIROBI - The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that...

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Death toll from S. Africa’s unrest rises to 337

July 24, 2021

Protesters barricade a road in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a garbage bin painted with the word 'Zuma' on it on July 11, 2021. (YESHIEL PANCHIA / AP) JOHANNESBURG - The death toll following a week of rolling violence and looting in South Africa has risen to 337, said Acting Minister...

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Peace gradually returns to South Africa

July 19, 2021

A policeman sits on cases of beer abandoned by looters near a warehouse storing alcohol in Durban on July 16, 2021 after protestors clashed with police following a week of unrest in South Africa. (GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG - Life is gradually returning to normal in South Africa as...

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South Africa to boost troops fivefold to help quash riots

July 16, 2021

South African firefighters (right) look on as suspected looters walk outside a vandalised mall in Vosloorus, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, on July 14, 2021. (MARCO LONGARI / AFP) South Africa will significantly ramp up the number of soldiers deployed to help quell riots following days of looting and destruction...

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UN: World hunger soared last year mostly due to COVID-19

July 13, 2021

A woman holds a malnourished child at a treatment center in Yemen's northern Hajjah province on July, 5, 2020. (ESSA AHMED / AFP) World hunger spiked last year, outpacing population growth and probably reaching the highest since 2005, as the COVID-19 pandemic curbed incomes and access to food, according to the...

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WHO: Plans for African vaccine hubs could be ‘revolutionary’

June 30, 2021

A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination against COVID-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa on June 23, 2021. (THEMBA HADEBE / AP) GENEVA - Plans for Africa's first independent COVID-19 vaccine production hubs could revolutionize the global vaccine industry but will depend on the willingness...

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World Cyber Security Summit Opens the Door for Africa’s Roadmap to Boost its Prospects for Cyber Solutions

June 7, 2021

AFRICA, Jun 7, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Africa played host to a content-rich virtual conference on Monday. Hosted by Trescon, World Cyber Security Summit featured leading speakers from organisations such as Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth...

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African leaders seek jab-making sites to counter inequality

May 8, 2021

Elderly residents register for the Covid-19 vaccination program outside the Bonang Community Health Centre, in Brits, South Africa, on Friday, April 30, 2021. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG) Rwanda, South Africa and Senegal are among countries calling for the establishment of full vaccine-manufacturing plants to prepare for future pandemics after Africa found...

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Vaccine troubles may set Africa back five years, UN body says

April 28, 2021

Health workers register patients at a COVID-19 testing station in the Richmond suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Feb 10, 2021. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG) A slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and a lack of funding to bridge the gap between poor and rich countries could set Africa back two to...

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50 S. African nationals missing after terror attack in Mozambique

April 5, 2021

This handout picture from the World Food Programme (WFP) taken on March 18, 2021 shows a general view of a main street in Palma District, in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique. (GRANT LEE NEUENBURG / WFP / AFP) JOHANNESBURG - More than 50 South African nationals remained missing after the terror...

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South Africa’s Zulu King dies at 72, hailed as ‘visionary monarch’

March 13, 2021

In this file photo taken on Dec 16, 2003, former South African President of the apartheid regime PW Botha (left) laughs with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini (right) during the Day of Reconciliation commemorations at the site of the Blood River Battle some 350 kilometers north of Durban. (PHOTO / AFP)...

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WHO concerned by new Ebola outbreaks in 2 African nations

February 17, 2021

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed...