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Six African countries selected to kick off Covid-19 jab production

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will receive the know-how to manufacture their own Covid jabs

Evening Standard

Newcastle United transfer rumours as Nigeria international identified as summer transfer target

A round-up of your Newcastle United transfer rumours

Chronicle Live

Nigerian forces kill children in airstrike over border in Niger, official says

The Nigerian military has killed and wounded children in an airstrike in neighbouring Niger, a local governor in Niger, state television and an aid agency said on Sunday, although Nigeria's armed forces said they were still investigating.

Reuters

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Lopè Ariyo’s secret ingredient: uda pods

The cookery writer on the musky spice her grandmother brings her from Nigeria, and how she uses it in her scotch bonnet jam

The Guardian - UK

Six African Nations to Get Own mRNA Jab Production

Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the continent largely shut out of access to Covid jabs. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO's global…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How young Nigerians' distrust of political leaders fuels COVID misinformation

Ever since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency in January 2020, there’s been a need for studies that help explain what people understand by public health messages.

The Conversation

Nigeria's looted Benin bronzes returned, more than a century later

Two Benin bronzes were returned on Saturday to a traditional palace in Nigeria, more than a century after they were pillaged by British troops, raising hopes that thousands more artefacts could finally be returned to their ancestral home.

Reuters

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Covid-19 in Africa: 'The doses are here, but vaccine hesitancy remains high'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday the launch of a Covid-19 vaccine production programme in Africa. Six countries (South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia) will be equipped with production lines to manufacture doses of mRNA vaccines, in an initiative aimed at reducing the continent’s reliance on…

France 24

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare handed 10-year doping ban for 'multiple breaches'

Blessing Okagbare, who won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has been banned for 10 years after testing positive for both EPO and human growth hormone last year

Daily Mirror

Former Olympic medalist Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping: AIU

Paris (AFP) - Nigeria's 2008 Olympics long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.

AFP

Nigeria is locked in an endless tug of war with its academics

Lecturers in Nigeria’s public universities are hoping to give the authorities a lesson on priorities.

Al Jazeera

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

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

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

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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…

The Independent UK

Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first African countries to receive the technology required to produce mRNA vaccines on the continent

The Guardian - UK

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

Reuters

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.

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AFP

US ships 5 mln Covid vaccine doses to Egypt, Nigeria

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday shipped nearly 5.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Egypt and Nigeria, a White House official told AFP.

The Hindu

Foreign naval officers complete training at Kochi Naval Base

Thirteen officers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nigeria completed Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialisation Course at Anti-Submarine Warfare School at the Naval Base here on Thursday.

France 24

EU-African Union summit: The economic issues and money on the table

European Union leaders are meeting with their counterparts from the African Union in Brussels this Thursday. Several major economic issues will be discussed, including the €150 billion investment plan promised by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Ahead of that gathering, French President Emmanuel Macron promised a deal on…

Foreign Affairs

Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Trap

A Response to “The Divestment Delusion”

Al Jazeera

Nigerian court adjourns trial of separatist leader again

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra appeared in court for the second time this year on a 15-count charge.

AFP

Nigeria begins 24-hour supply to end fuel shortage

Lagos (AFP) - Nigeria's state-run oil company said it had started a 24-hour distribution of petrol to service stations to end a week-long scarcity that has caused traffic snarls in major cities.

The Guardian - UK

‘Men must be involved in the fight against girls being cut, it’s a violation’

Female genital mutilation cannot be considered solely a ‘women’s issue’ if it is to be stamped out by 2030, say male campaigners in Guinea, Somalia, Kenya and Nigeria

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